GraphTheory
NumberOfSpanningTrees
number of spanning trees of graph
Calling Sequence
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Description
Examples
NumberOfSpanningTrees(G)
G
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graph
NumberOfSpanningTrees(G) returns the number of labeled spanning trees of the graph G.
The strategy is to evaluate the determinant of a certain matrix related to the graph. (See Introduction to Graph Theory, by Douglas B. West)
with⁡GraphTheory:
K3≔CompleteGraph⁡3
K3≔Graph 1: an undirected graph with 3 vertices and 3 edge(s)
NumberOfSpanningTrees⁡K3
3
K4≔CompleteGraph⁡4
K4≔Graph 2: an undirected graph with 4 vertices and 6 edge(s)
NumberOfSpanningTrees⁡K4
16
See Also
IsTree
SpanningTree
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