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FindVertexCover

FindVertexCover[g]
finds a vertex cover of the graph g with a minimum number of vertices.

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  • FindVertexCover returns a list of vertices.
  • FindVertexCover will return an empty list if no vertex cover is found.
  • A vertex cover is a set of vertices that is incident to every edge.
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