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is a multigraph. In this case, the characterizations of these graphs can be simplified: the characterization in terms of clique partitions no longer needs to prevent two vertices from belonging to the same to cliques, and the characterization by forbidden graphs has seven forbidden graphs instead of
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In this example, the edges going upward, to the left, and to the right from the central degree-four vertex do not have any cliques in common. Therefore, any partition of the graph's edges into cliques would have to have at least one clique for each of these three edges, and these three cliques would
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has eight. In the illustration of the diamond graph shown, rotating the graph by 90 degrees is not a symmetry of the graph, but is a symmetry of its line graph. However, all such exceptional cases have at most four vertices. A strengthened version of the
Whitney isomorphism theorem states that, for
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uses only
Whitney's isomorphism theorem. It is complicated by the need to recognize deletions that cause the remaining graph to become a line graph, but when specialized to the static recognition problem only insertions need to be performed, and the algorithm performs the following steps:
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or simple polyhedra, the medial graph operation can be represented geometrically by the operation of cutting off each vertex of the polyhedron by a plane through the midpoints of all its incident edges. This operation is known variously as the second truncation, degenerate truncation, or
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can be recovered completely from its line graph. Many other properties of line graphs follow by translating the properties of the underlying graph from vertices into edges, and by
Whitney's theorem the same translation can also be done in the other direction. Line graphs are
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to the edge on the left between the blue vertices 1 and 3. Green vertex 1,3 is adjacent to three other green vertices: 1,4 and 1,2 (corresponding to edges sharing the endpoint 1 in the blue graph) and 4,3 (corresponding to an edge sharing the endpoint 3 in the blue graph).
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described an efficient data structure for maintaining a dynamic graph, subject to vertex insertions and deletions, and maintaining a representation of the input as a line graph (when it exists) in time proportional to the number of changed edges at each step.
988:. Like the line graphs of complete graphs, they can be characterized with one exception by their numbers of vertices, numbers of edges, and number of shared neighbors for adjacent and non-adjacent points. The one exceptional case is
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are based on characterizations of line graphs involving odd triangles (triangles in the line graph with the property that there exists another vertex adjacent to an odd number of triangle vertices). However, the algorithm of
2848:, Theorem 8.7, p. 79. Harary credits this characterization of line graphs of complete bipartite graphs to Moon and Hoffman. The case of equal numbers of vertices on both sides had previously been proven by Shrikhande.
581:. Since maximum matchings may be found in polynomial time, so may the maximum independent sets of line graphs, despite the hardness of the maximum independent set problem for more general families of graphs. Similarly, a
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has four or fewer vertices, it might be the case that the line graph representation is not unique. But in this case, the augmented graph is small enough that a representation of it as a line graph can be found by a
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The nine minimal non-line graphs, from
Beineke's forbidden-subgraph characterization of line graphs. A graph is a line graph if and only if it does not contain one of these nine graphs as an induced subgraph.
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A line perfect graph. The edges in each biconnected component are colored black if the component is bipartite, blue if the component is a tetrahedron, and red if the component is a book of triangles.
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976:), but need not be bipartite as the example of the claw graph shows. The line graphs of bipartite graphs form one of the key building blocks of perfect graphs, used in the proof of the
1375:. That is, a graph is a line graph if and only if no subset of its vertices induces one of these nine graphs. In the example above, the four topmost vertices induce a claw (that is, a
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belongs to exactly two of the cliques. It is the line graph of a graph (rather than a multigraph) if this set of cliques satisfies the additional condition that no two vertices of
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faithfully but it does not guarantee that dynamics on these two graphs have a simple relationship. One solution is to construct a weighted line graph, that is, a line graph with
788:, there are some other exceptional small graphs with the property that their line graph has a higher degree of symmetry than the graph itself. For instance, the
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connected graphs with more than four vertices, there is a one-to-one correspondence between isomorphisms of the graphs and isomorphisms of their line graphs.
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by adding vertices one at a time, at each step choosing a vertex to add that is adjacent to at least one previously-added vertex. While adding vertices to
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all intersect in that central vertex, violating the requirement that each vertex appear in exactly two cliques. Thus, the graph shown is not a line graph.
1371:). He showed that there are nine minimal graphs that are not line graphs, such that any graph that is not a line graph has one of these nine graphs as an
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Hamiltonian.
2903:, Theorem 8.4, p. 74, gives three equivalent characterizations of line graphs: the partition of the edges into cliques, the property of being
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2183:. Put another way, the Whitney graph isomorphism theorem guarantees that the line graph almost always encodes the topology of the original graph
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observe that any method for finding vertex clusters in a complex network can be applied to the line graph and used to cluster its edges instead.
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with the same number of edges. Nevertheless, analogues to
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Whitney theorem for edge graphs of multigraphs, and edge multigraphs",
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Hemminger, R. L.; Beineke, L. W. (1978), "Line graphs and line digraphs", in
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belongs to exactly two of them (the two cliques corresponding to the two endpoints of the corresponding edge in
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2134:. If we now perform the same type of random walk on the vertices of the line graph, the frequency with which
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then each subsequent graph in the sequence is a shorter path until eventually the sequence terminates with an
2257:. It is straightforward to extend this definition of a weighted line graph to cases where the original graph
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Each step either takes constant time, or involves finding a vertex cover of constant size within a graph
1061:(a book of one or more triangles all sharing a common edge). Every line perfect graph is itself perfect.
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consisting of one vertex or two non-adjacent vertices. If there are two vertices in the cover, augment
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described linear time algorithms for recognizing line graphs and reconstructing their original graphs.
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Beineke, L. W. (1968), "Derived graphs of digraphs", in Sachs, H.; Voss, H.-J.; Walter, H.-J. (eds.),
2727:, Theorem 8.6, p. 79. Harary credits this result to independent papers by L. C. Chang (1959) and
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in the form of a three-leaf tree. As with claw-free graphs more generally, every connected line graph
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are isomorphic, then the underlying graphs are isomorphic, except in the case of the triangle graph
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Weighted Networks for Overlapping Communities",
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have a vertex in common, make an edge between their corresponding vertices in
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of a plane graph is the same as the medial graph of the original plane graph.
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reflects the dynamics as well as the topology of the original graph
2191:. There are several natural ways to do this. For instance if edges
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with its endpoints being the two cliques containing the vertex in
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connecting any two of its edges, which translates into a path in
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three, its line graph is planar, and every planar embedding of
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892:. They may also be characterized (again with the exception of
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of a line graph are at least −2. The reason for this is that
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is the line graph can be recovered by making one vertex in
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is the signless incidence matrix of the pre-line graph and
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that depend on adjacency between vertices. For instance, a
180:) proved that with one exceptional case the structure of a
3848:(1997), "On line graphs of linear 3-uniform hypergraphs",
3080:, Theorem 8.11, p. 81. Harary credits this result to
2612:. Lauri and Scapellato credit this result to Mark Watkins.
295:, representing each edge by the set of its two endpoints.
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whose size is proportional to the number of neighbors of
3113:(1992), "The medial graph and voltage-current duality",
2988:, Theorem 8.5, p. 78. Harary credits the result to
2333:, is constructed in the following way: for each edge in
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has as its vertices the elements (vertices or edges) of
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and all subsequent graphs in the sequence are triangles.
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formed by the edges that correspond to the neighbors of
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1092:; equivalently, this means that if the underlying graph
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itself. These are the only connected graphs for which
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Another characterization of line graphs was proven in
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1107:. These graphs have been used to solve a problem in
3932:(1965), "The interchange graph of a finite graph",
2253:corresponding to the two ends that the edge has in
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1992:. Two vertices representing directed edges from
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881:. Triangular graphs are characterized by their
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702:then their line graphs are also isomorphic. The
494:edges, the number of vertices of the line graph
4144:de Werra, D. (1978), "On line perfect graphs",
3226:Space Structures—their Harmony and Counterpoint
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3438:Spectral generalizations of line graphs
3042:Cvetković, Rowlinson & Simić (2004)
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453:containing any two of the vertices of
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1088:with an even number of edges has a
1040:is either bipartite or of the form
3397:, Leipzig: Teubner, pp. 17–33
3203:, University of California Press,
3170:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1989.tb22465.x
2758:"The strong perfect graph theorem"
2172:more frequently in the line graph
2119:is mapped to a unique vertex, say
2107:. This will pass along some edge
1805:Medial graphs and convex polyhedra
25:
2150:was connected to nodes of degree
1924:The concept of the line graph of
1861:An alternative construction, the
1565:Iterating the line graph operator
704:Whitney graph isomorphism theorem
3098:Greenwell & Hemminger (1972)
3054:Metelsky & Tyshkevich (1997)
1988:has one vertex for each edge of
1572:consider the sequence of graphs
1338:
1315:for each clique, and an edge in
1206:Characterization and recognition
1188:is the identity. In particular,
359:
343:
324:
309:
4186:American Journal of Mathematics
3814:Journal of Combinatorial Theory
3702:Selected Topics in Graph Theory
3406:Journal of Combinatorial Theory
2115:. On the other hand, this edge
1948:has the same line graph as the
1235:, the set of edges incident to
4357:Intersection classes of graphs
4079:Information Processing Letters
3994:Information Processing Letters
2497:Paschos, Vangelis Th. (2010),
2438:Hemminger & Beineke (1978)
2012:are connected by an edge from
1654:
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4275:. Translated into English as
3420:10.1016/S0021-9800(70)80019-9
2695:10.1016/S0024-3795(03)00483-X
2306:of the sets from the family.
2238:. In this way every edge in
1406:generalized these methods to
509:, and the number of edges of
4092:10.1016/0020-0190(82)90080-1
4007:10.1016/0020-0190(73)90029-X
3828:10.1016/0095-8956(92)90028-V
3609:10.1016/0012-365X(72)90058-1
3334:Evans & Lambiotte (2010)
3322:Evans & Lambiotte (2009)
3228:(5th ed.), Birkhäuser,
3201:Polyhedra: A Visual Approach
3130:10.1016/0012-365X(92)90328-D
3028:10.1016/0095-8956(86)90028-6
2099:. For instance, consider a
1065:Other related graph families
978:strong perfect graph theorem
719:Evans & Lambiotte (2009)
438:is connected, it contains a
335:) constructed from edges in
3548:European Physical Journal B
3395:Beiträge zur Graphentheorie
2650:Degiorgi & Simon (1995)
1570:van Rooij & Wilf (1965)
1429:Degiorgi & Simon (1995)
1412:Degiorgi & Simon (1995)
1295:, such that each vertex of
943:, which may be obtained by
726:Whitney isomorphism theorem
4378:
3935:Acta Mathematica Hungarica
3905:10.1103/physreve.67.046107
3672:(1972), "8. Line Graphs",
3579:10.1140/epjb/e2010-00261-8
3530:10.1103/PhysRevE.80.016105
3298:Harary & Norman (1960)
3286:Ryjáček & Vrána (2011)
2816:10.1016/j.disc.2009.05.024
2786:10.4007/annals.2006.164.51
2624:, Theorem 8.8, p. 80.
2556:Diestel, Reinhard (2006),
2546:, Theorem 8.1, p. 72.
2300:line graph of a hypergraph
2286:Line graph of a hypergraph
2283:
2280:Line graphs of hypergraphs
1808:
1545:, adjacent to this vertex.
1436:Construct the input graph
1227:, and an arbitrary vertex
1103:are exactly the claw-free
742:If the line graphs of two
213:line graphs of hypergraphs
120:Harary & Norman (1960)
36:
29:
4244:Зверович, И. Э. (1997),
3224:Loeb, Arthur Lee (1991),
2348:; for every two edges in
2211:, then in the line graph
2203:are incident at a vertex
2020:in the line digraph when
1980:is a directed graph, its
1972:as iterated line digraphs
1916:of the subdivided graph.
1115:is as small as possible.
986:complete bipartite graphs
698:If two simple graphs are
204:and can be recognized in
192:, and the line graphs of
99:; for every two edges in
4291:10.1515/dma.1997.7.3.287
4245:
4146:Mathematical Programming
4109:Mathematical Programming
3481:10.1007/3-540-60618-1_64
3446:10.1017/CBO9780511751752
2065:, each vertex of degree
1377:complete bipartite graph
1009:More generally, a graph
37:Not to be confused with
18:Conjugate (graph theory)
4024:Journal of Graph Theory
3850:Journal of Graph Theory
2161:, it will be traversed
2044:complete directed graph
1223:For an arbitrary graph
903:strongly regular graphs
617:vertex chromatic number
583:rainbow-independent set
560:maximum independent set
4250:Diskretnaya Matematika
3310:Zhang & Lin (1987)
3199:Pugh, Anthony (1976),
2294:may form an arbitrary
2069:in the original graph
1973:
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1038:biconnected components
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385:Properties of a graph
257:represents an edge of
118:comes from a paper by
3928:van Rooij, A. C. M.;
3787:10.1145/321850.321853
3713:Mathematische Annalen
3360:10.1007/s004930170006
2763:Annals of Mathematics
1967:
1682:They show that, when
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1497:When adding a vertex
1470:When adding a vertex
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1109:extremal graph theory
1049:(the tetrahedron) or
844:is also known as the
832:
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635:edge-transitive graph
633:The line graph of an
609:edge chromatic number
238:is a graph such that
3987:from its line graph
3596:Discrete Mathematics
3116:Discrete Mathematics
2802:Discrete Mathematics
2230:can be given weight
2123:, in the line graph
2111:with some frequency
2050:Weighted line graphs
1968:Construction of the
1912:and then taking the
1579:
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1073:, graphs without an
1069:All line graphs are
964:The line graph of a
711:small-world property
471:A line graph has an
430:The line graph of a
148:representative graph
91:, make a vertex in
3897:2003PhRvE..67d6107R
3571:2010EPJB...77..265E
3522:2009PhRvE..80a6105E
3162:1989NYASA.555..310M
2575:free online edition
2337:, make a vertex in
2302:is the same as the
1982:directed line graph
1513:be the subgraph of
1444:, maintain a graph
1420:Roussopoulos (1973)
1396:Roussopoulos (1973)
1351:Forbidden subgraphs
1319:for each vertex in
1099:The line graphs of
804:but its line graph
802:graph automorphisms
715:degree distribution
558:. In particular, a
524:of the vertices in
464:. However, a graph
287:That is, it is the
202:forbidden subgraphs
174:Hassler Whitney
140:edge-to-vertex dual
4325:Weisstein, Eric W.
4207:10338.dmlcz/101067
4158:10.1007/BF01609025
4121:10.1007/BF01593791
3959:10338.dmlcz/140421
3949:10.1007/BF01904834
3846:Tyshkevich, Regina
3773:Journal of the ACM
3726:10.1007/BF01360250
3653:10338.dmlcz/128114
3644:10.1007/BF02854581
3251:Weisstein, Eric W.
2967:(2–3–4): 257–260,
2419:, and vice versa.
2367:. In other words,
2316:disjointness graph
2310:Disjointness graph
2304:intersection graph
1974:
1954:Shannon multigraph
1669:
1501:to a larger graph
1492:brute force search
1418:The algorithms of
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1015:line perfect graph
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619:of its line graph
473:articulation point
289:intersection graph
63:is another graph
4225:Acta Math. Sinica
4036:10.1002/jgt.20498
3499:Physical Review E
2809:(20): 6092–6113,
2742:Chudnovsky, Maria
1874:regular polyhedra
1732:is isomorphic to
1668:
1559:handshaking lemma
1494:in constant time.
1265:. Each vertex of
1239:corresponds to a
984:, line graphs of
695:is also Eulerian.
639:vertex-transitive
596:corresponds to a
550:corresponds to a
434:is connected. If
366:The line graph L(
350:Added edges in L(
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219:Formal definition
160:interchange graph
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1071:claw-free graphs
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3003:Erdős, Paul
2797:. See also
2688:: 241–272,
2646:Jung (1966)
2482:Jung (1966)
2101:random walk
1920:Multigraphs
1900:of a graph
1776:empty graph
1700:cycle graph
1474:to a graph
1120:eigenvalues
819:multigraphs
770:As well as
685:Hamiltonian
673:Euler cycle
667:If a graph
611:of a graph
206:linear time
4346:Categories
3821:(1): 1–8,
3692:2013-11-08
3670:Harary, F.
3626:Harary, F.
3386:References
2573:. Also in
2532:p. 32
2322:, denoted
2292:hypergraph
1867:dual graph
1772:path graph
1743:is a claw
1715:isomorphic
1485:for which
1448:for which
1391:Algorithms
1307:for which
915:– 1)/2, 2(
864:complement
700:isomorphic
376:Properties
166:, and the
156:edge graph
150:, and the
136:derivative
116:line graph
54:line graph
39:path graph
32:line chart
4333:MathWorld
4299:120525090
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3259:MathWorld
2905:claw-free
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2000:and from
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190:claw-free
152:θ-obrazom
144:conjugate
114:The name
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3186:86300941
2907:and odd
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2756:(2006),
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552:matching
528:, minus
402:matching
277:adjacent
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316:Graph
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