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dense graph

(definition)

Definition: A graph in which the number of edges is close to the possible number of edges.

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
graph.

Specialization (... is a kind of me.)
complete graph.

See also sparse graph, adjacency-matrix representation.

Note: A directed graph can have at most n(n-1) edges, where n is the number of vertices. An undirected graph can have at most n(n-1)/2 edges.

There is no strict distinction between sparse and dense graphs. Typically, a sparse (connected) graph has about as many edges as vertices, and a dense graph has nearly the maximum number of edges.

Author: PEB

More information

Dense_graph [Wikipedia]


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