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For a Δ-regular undirected graph, its Graph Laplacian is L=ΔI−A, and for any complex vector v,
v∗Lv=∑{i,j}∈E​∣vi​−vj​∣2.
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If Av=Δv, the left side is zero, hence vi​=vj​ on every edge. In a connected graph all coordinates coincide. Thus the eigenspace is exactly the constant vectors, of dimension one. Since the adjacency matrix of a graph is symmetric and diagonalizable,
the algebraic and geometric multiplicities of Δ are one.​
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