Graph Utilities Package
GRAPH UTILITIES PACKAGE SYMBOL

Bicomponents

Bicomponents[g]
gives the biconnected components of the undirected graph g.

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  • To use , you first need to load the Graph Utilities Package using Needs["GraphUtilities`"].
  • A biconnected component is a maximal subgraph that has no cutpoint, where a cutpoint is a vertex v such that the subgraph becomes disconnected if v and all its edges are removed.
  • treats the input g as an undirected graph.

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Basic Examples (2)Basic Examples (2)

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This shows that a simple line with two vertices is biconnected:

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This defines a small graph:

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The graph has four bicomponents, one for each cycle and two for the line joining the cycles:

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Properties & Relations (1)Properties & Relations (1)

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