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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2
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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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3
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It is ultimately the study of relationships

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MATHEMATICS OF GRAPH

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4
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an object

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Vertex

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5
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a relation between two objects

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Edge

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6
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vertex set

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V(G)

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7
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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

20
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is a partition of the plane into connected regions

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map

21
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a sequence of distinct vertices such that two consecutive vertices are adjacent

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Path

22
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a closed Path

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Cycle

23
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A subgraph of a graph G is a?

A

graph H

24
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There exists at least one path between two vertices

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Connected

25
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There exists are no path between two vertices

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Disconnected

26
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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}.

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adjacency matrix

27
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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.

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incidence matrix

28
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adjacency matrix of G is written as?

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A(G)

29
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incidence matrix is written as?

A

M(G)

30
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a simple graph whose vertices are pairwise adjacent

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Complete Graph

31
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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.

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Complete bipartite graph (biclique)

32
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a walk with no repeated edge.

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trail

33
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is a graph with vertex degrees all even.

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even graph

34
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vertex is “ “ [even] when its degree is odd

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odd

35
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A graph that can be drawn without any breaks in the curve without repeating any edge.

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TRAVERSABLE GRAPH

36
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The graph is “ “ if it has a closed traversable trail.

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Eulerian graph

37
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A graph with a closed path that passes through all vertices exactly once.

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HAMILTONIAN GRAPH

38
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a closed trail containing all edges.

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Eulerian

39
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do not specify the first vertex but keep the list in cyclic order.

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Circuit

40
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a graph is a circuit or trail containing all the edges.

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Eulerian curcuit

41
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A circuit that uses every edge, but never uses the same edge twice, is called an?

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Euler Circuit

42
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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?

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Hamiltonian circuit

43
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A graph that contains a Hamiltonian circuit is called?

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Hamiltonian

44
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the edges form the same connections of vertices in each graph.

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equivalent graphs

45
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A graph G is bipartite if V(G) is the union of two disjoint independent sets called

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partite sets of G

46
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choose the cheapest option at every chance we get.

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The greedy algorithm

47
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Mark the edge of smallest weight in the graph.

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THE EDGE-PICKING ALGORITHM