SimpleGraph

SimpleGraph[g]

gives the underlying simple graph from the graph g.

SimpleGraph[{vw,…}]

uses rules vw to specify the graph g.

Details and Options

  • SimpleGraph is also known as strict graph.
  • SimpleGraph[g] removes all self-loops and multiple edges between the same vertices.
  • SimpleGraph preserves directed edges as directed. UndirectedGraph can be used to compute the underlying undirected graph.
  • SimpleGraph works with undirected graphs, directed graphs, multigraphs, and mixed graphs.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Remove self-loops from a graph:

Scope  (6)

SimpleGraph works with undirected graphs:

Directed graphs:

Multigraph:

Mixed graph:

Use rules to specify the graph:

SimpleGraph works with large graphs:

Properties & Relations  (7)

A graph with self-loops is not simple:

A PathGraph is always simple:

A TreeGraph without multiple edges is simple:

The adjacency matrix of a simple graph has entries not greater than 1:

Diagonal elements are all zeros:

The incidence matrix of a simple graph has entries -1, 0, or 1 and no repeated column:

All vertices of a simple graph have a maximum degree less than the number of vertices:

A nontrivial simple graph must have at least one pair of vertices with the same degree:

Wolfram Research (2010), SimpleGraph, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SimpleGraph.html (updated 2015).

Text

Wolfram Research (2010), SimpleGraph, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SimpleGraph.html (updated 2015).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2010. "SimpleGraph." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2015. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SimpleGraph.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2010). SimpleGraph. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SimpleGraph.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_simplegraph, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SimpleGraph}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SimpleGraph.html}", note=[Accessed: 22-February-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_simplegraph, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SimpleGraph}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SimpleGraph.html}, note=[Accessed: 22-February-2025 ]}