edge contraction
edge contraction · edge contractions
An operation performed on an edge in a graph which deletes the edge, replaces its…An operation performed on an edge in a graph which deletes the edge, replaces its endpoints with a single new vertex, and replaces edges incident to either endpoint with an edge incident to the new vertex.
Meaning
1 sensesAn operation performed on an edge in a graph which deletes the edge, replaces its endpoints with a single new vertex, and replaces edges incident to either endpoint with an edge incident to the new vertex.
Performing an edge contraction on an edge in a path graph results in a path graph with one fewer vertex.
Forms
plural: edge contractions| Singular | edge contraction |
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