Graph Theory Vocab

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graph

a finite nonempty set V of vertices and a set E (edges)of 2-element subsets of V

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adjacent vertices

vertices connected by an edge

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nonadjacent vertices

vertices that are not connected by an edge

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neighbor

a vertex adjacent to another vertex

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neighborhood

the set of neighbors (adjacent vertices) of a vertex

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incident

an edge is "incident" to it's connected vertices

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order

number of vertices

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size

number of edges

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trivial graph

a graph with only one vertex

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nontrivial graph

a graph with at least two vertices

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empty graph

a graph with no edges

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degree

the number of neighbors of a vertex

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isolated vertex

a vertex with no neighbors

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end vertex

a vertex of degree 1

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regular graph

a graph where all vertices have the same degree

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proper subgraph

a subgraph that does not equal the graph

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induced subgraph

a subgraph containing all of the edges of the graph that have both endpoints in it's subset

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spanning subgraph

a subgraph that contains all of the vertices of the original graph

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complete graph

a graph where every two distinct vertices are adjacent

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complement

a graph with two distinct adjacent vertices if and only if those vertices are nonadjacent in G

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isomorphic

two graphs where there exists a bijective function such that two vertices are adjacent in G if and only if they are adjacent in H

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multigraph

a graph with parallel edges

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parallel edges

multiple edges between the same pair of vertices

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loop

an edge joining a vertex to itself

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pseudograph

a graph with both parallel edges and loops

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walk

a sequence of adjacent vertices of a graph

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initial vertex

where a walk begins

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terminal vertex

where a walk ends

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trivial walk

a walk of length 0

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walk length

the number of edges in a walk

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trail

a walk with no repeated edges

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path

a walk with no repeated vertices

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open walk

a walk in which the initial and terminal vertices are not the same

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closed walk

a walk in which the initial and terminal vertices are the same

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circuit

a closed trail of length 3 or more

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cycle

a circuit with no repeated vertices (except the initial/terminal vertex)

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even cycle

a cycle of even length

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odd cycle

a cycle of odd length

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bipartite graph

a graph that can be split into two subsets such that there are only edges between vertices belonging to different subsets

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complete bipartite graph

a graph where every vertex of each subset is connected to every vertex of the other subset

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k-partite graph

a graph that is partitioned into k subsets

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complete multipartite graph

a k-partite graph such that every vertex of each subset is connected to every vertex of every other subset

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Eulerian graph

a connected graph that contains a trail or circuit in which every vertex is visited exactly once

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Hamiltonian graph

a graph that contains a cycle that visits every vertex of the graph exactly once

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weighted graph

a graph in which every edge is assigned a number

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