clique


A maximal http://planetmath.org/node/1757completePlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath subgraphMathworldPlanetmath of a graph is a clique, and the clique numberMathworldPlanetmath ω(G) of a graph G is the \PMlinkescapephrasemaximal orderPlanetmathPlanetmath maximal order of a clique in G. Simply, ω(G) is the maximal order of a subgraph of G. Some authors however define a clique as any subgraph of G and refer to the other definition as maximum clique.

Adapted with permission of the author from by Béla Bollobás, published by Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 1998.

Title clique
Canonical name Clique
Date of creation 2013-03-22 12:30:53
Last modified on 2013-03-22 12:30:53
Owner Mathprof (13753)
Last modified by Mathprof (13753)
Numerical id 13
Author Mathprof (13753)
Entry type Definition
Classification msc 05C69
Related topic IndependentSetAndIndependenceNumber
Defines clique number
Defines maximum clique