Let Gn and Gm be two graphs with possibly different node counts n and m respectively. The cut distance is given by
δ□(Gn,Gm)=δ□(Wn,Wm)
Where Wn,Wm are the induced graphons of the graphs.
Special Cases
cut distance (same node count, same labels)
Let G and G’ be graphs with the same n and the same node sets V=V’ (ie, same node labelling). The cut distance is given by
d□(G,G’)=∣∣A−A’∣∣□
where ∣∣⋅∣∣□ is the cut norm.
cut distance (same node count, potentially different labels)
Let G and G’ have the same number of nodes n. The cut distance is given by
δ^□(G,G’)=minp∈P∣∣A−PTA’P∣∣□
ie, we look at all possible permutations of the nodes of G’ WRT the node labelings of G.