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11.5: Summary

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    • Graphs are defined by sets, not by diagrams
    • Deleting a vertex or edge
    • How to use proofs by induction on graphs
    • Euler’s handshaking lemma
    • Graph invariants, distinguishing between graphs
    • Labeled and unlabeled graphs
    • Important Definitions:
      • Graph, Vertex, Edge
      • Loop, Multiple Edge, Multigraph, Simple Graph
      • Endvertex, incident, adjacent, neighbour
      • Degree, Valency, Isolated Vertex
      • Subgraph
      • Complete Graph
      • Isomorphic graphs, Isomorphism between graphs
    • Notation:
      • \(u ∼ v\)
      • \(uv\)
      • \(\text{val}(v), \text{deg}(v), d(v), d_G(v)\)
      • \(G \setminus \{v\}, G \setminus \{e\}\)
      • \(K_n\)
      • \(G_1 \cong G_2\)

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