Chapter 6 - Mathematics of Graphs Flashcards

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The greatest mathematician that Switzerland has ever produced.

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LEONHARD EULER

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A branch of mathematics concerning with network of points connected by lines

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MATHEMATICS OF GRAPH

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It is ultimately the study of relationships

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MATHEMATICS OF GRAPH

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an object

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Vertex

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a relation between two objects

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Edge

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vertex set

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V(G)

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edge set

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E(G)

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8
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The number of vertices in G is called?

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Order

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9
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The number of edges in G is called?

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Size

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10
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An edge whose endpoints are equal

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Loop

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11
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Edges have the same pair of endpoints

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Multiple edges

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12
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A graph has no loops or multiple edges

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Simple graph

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13
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A graph whose vertex set and edge set are finite

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Finite graph

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14
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The graph whose vertex set and edges are empty

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Null graph

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15
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a set of pairwise adjacent vertices (a complete subgraph)

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Clique

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16
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a set of pairwise nonadjacent vertices

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Independent set

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17
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A graph G is “ “ if V(G) is the union of two disjoint independent sets called partite sets of G

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bipartite

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18
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The chromatic number of a graph G, written as?

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x(G)

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19
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the minimum number of colors needed to label the vertices so that adjacent vertices receive different colors

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Chromatic number

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is a partition of the plane into connected regions

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a sequence of distinct vertices such that two consecutive vertices are adjacent

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a closed Path

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A subgraph of a graph G is a?

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There exists at least one path between two vertices

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There exists are no path between two vertices
Disconnected
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is the n-by-n matrix in which entry ai,j is the number of edges in G with endpoints {Vi, Vj}.
adjacency matrix
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n-by-m matrix in which entry mi,j is 1 if vi is an endpoint of ei and otherwise is 0.
incidence matrix
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adjacency matrix of G is written as?
A(G)
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incidence matrix is written as?
M(G)
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a simple graph whose vertices are pairwise adjacent
Complete Graph
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is a simple bipartite graph such that two vertices are adjacent if and only if they are in different partite sets.
Complete bipartite graph (biclique)
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a walk with no repeated edge.
trail
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is a graph with vertex degrees all even.
even graph
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vertex is “ “ [even] when its degree is odd
odd
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A graph that can be drawn without any breaks in the curve without repeating any edge.
TRAVERSABLE GRAPH
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The graph is “ “ if it has a closed traversable trail.
Eulerian graph
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A graph with a closed path that passes through all vertices exactly once.
HAMILTONIAN GRAPH
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a closed trail containing all edges.
Eulerian
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do not specify the first vertex but keep the list in cyclic order.
Circuit
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a graph is a circuit or trail containing all the edges.
Eulerian curcuit
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A circuit that uses every edge, but never uses the same edge twice, is called an?
Euler Circuit
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This path visits each vertex once and returns to the starting vertex without visiting any vertex twice. We call such a path a?
Hamiltonian circuit
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A graph that contains a Hamiltonian circuit is called?
Hamiltonian
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the edges form the same connections of vertices in each graph.
equivalent graphs
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A graph G is bipartite if V(G) is the union of two disjoint independent sets called
partite sets of G
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choose the cheapest option at every chance we get.
The greedy algorithm
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Mark the edge of smallest weight in the graph.
THE EDGE-PICKING ALGORITHM