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numberOfComponents -- computes the number of connected components of a graph

Description

A connected component is a list of vertexSet of a graph that are connected, i.e. there exists a path of edges between any two vertexSet in the component.

i1 : G = graph(toList(1..8),{{1,2},{2,3},{3,4},{5,6}});
i2 : numberOfComponents G;

See also

Ways to use numberOfComponents:

  • numberOfComponents(Graph)

For the programmer

The object numberOfComponents is a method function.


The source of this document is in Graphs.m2:3939:0.