Path graph

Path graph

infobox graph
name = Path graph


image_caption = A path graph
vertices = "n"
edges = "n - 1"
automorphisms = 2
diameter = "n - 1"
radius = "⌊n/2⌋"
chromatic_number = 2
chromatic_index = 2
properties = Unit distance Bipartite graph
In the mathematical field of graph theory, a path graph is a particularly simple example of a tree, namely one which is not branched at all, that is, contains only nodes of degree two and one. In particular, two of its vertices have degree 1 and all others (if any) have degree 2.

ee also

* Path (graph theory)
* Cycle graph
* Complete graph
* Null graph

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