# Schreier-Coset Graph Rewiring

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.27479 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2607.27479/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 31 of its 48 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 29 Jul 2026.

## Builds on (most cited first, 30 of 31)

- [Semi-Supervised Classification with Graph Convolutional Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1609.02907/) (2016)
- [Graph Attention Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1710.10903/) (2017)
- [Inductive Representation Learning on Large Graphs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1706.02216/) (2017)
- [Neural Message Passing for Quantum Chemistry](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1704.01212/) (2017)
- [Open Graph Benchmark: Datasets for Machine Learning on Graphs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2005.00687/) (2020)
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- [Pitfalls of Graph Neural Network Evaluation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1811.05868/) (2018)
- [TUDataset: A collection of benchmark datasets for learning with graphs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2007.08663/) (2020)
- [Recipe for a General, Powerful, Scalable Graph Transformer](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2205.12454/) (2022)
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- [Understanding over-squashing and bottlenecks on graphs via curvature](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2111.14522/) (2021)
- [Diffusion Improves Graph Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1911.05485/) (2019)
- [Graph networks as learnable physics engines for inference and control](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1806.01242/) (2018)
- [FoSR: First-order spectral rewiring for addressing oversquashing in GNNs](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.11790/) (2022)
- [Revisiting Over-smoothing and Over-squashing Using Ollivier-Ricci Curvature](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2211.15779/) (2022)
- [Understanding Oversquashing in GNNs through the Lens of Effective Resistance](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.06835/) (2023)
- [Expander Graph Propagation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.02997/) (2022)
- [A Review of Stochastic Block Models and Extensions for Graph Clustering](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1903.00114/) (2019)
- [Mitigating Over-Smoothing and Over-Squashing using Augmentations of Forman-Ricci Curvature](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.09384/) (2023)
- [Cooperative Graph Neural Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2310.01267/) (2023)
- [Graph Positional Encoding via Random Feature Propagation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.02918/) (2023)
- [Probabilistically Rewired Message-Passing Neural Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2310.02156/) (2023)
- [Spectral Graph Pruning Against Over-Squashing and Over-Smoothing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.04612/) (2024)
- [Cayley Graph Propagation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2410.03424/) (2024)
- [Oversmoothing, Oversquashing, Heterophily, Long-Range, and more: Demystifying Common Beliefs in Graph Machine Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.15547/) (2025)
- [ResNorm: Tackling Long-tailed Degree Distribution Issue in Graph Neural Networks via Normalization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2206.08181/) (2022)
- [MONET: Debiasing Graph Embeddings via the Metadata-Orthogonal Training Unit](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1909.11793/) (2019)
- [PANDA: Expanded Width-Aware Message Passing Beyond Rewiring](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2406.03671/) (2024)
- [Message Passing Meets Graph Neural Networks: A New Paradigm for Massive MIMO Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.06896/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The information flow in the graph neural networks (GNNs) is fundamentally constrained by over-squashing, where structural bottlenecks impede long range information propagation. Graph-rewiring methods, which modify graph topology, have been extensively used to alleviate this. However, existing approaches often introduce prohibitive structural and computational bottlenecks, fail to preserve the critical properties of original graphs, and increase the edge counts massively. We introduce a novel method Schreier-Coset Graph Rewiring , a group-theoretic rewiring method that augments the input graph with a Schreier-Coset graph derived from a special linear group. Our method provides theoretical guarantees, a graph that exhibits spectral gap and a bounded effective resistance, creating a low-resistance bypass for long-range communication. Empirical evaluations demonstrate that SCGR reduces effective resistance by 5-40% across various learning tasks, effectively mitigating connectivity bottlenecks while maintaining competitive accuracy.
