Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

petersen graph

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: pe-tersen -graph
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An undirected graph with 10 vertices and 15 edges, serving as a simple example and counterexample for many problems in graph theory.

Etymology

Named after Julius Petersen, who in 1898 constructed it to be the smallest bridgeless cubic graph with no three-edge-coloring.

Inflected Forms

Petersen graphs (plural)

Questions

What does petersen graph mean?: An undirected graph with 10 vertices and 15 edges, serving as a simple example and counterexample for many problems in graph theory.
Where does petersen graph come from?: Named after Julius Petersen, who in 1898 constructed it to be the smallest bridgeless cubic graph with no three-edge-coloring.

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