edge contraction
nounDefinitions
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.
- Performing an edge contraction on an edge in a path graph results in a path graph with one fewer vertex.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for edge contraction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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