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Petersen graph

Example

The Petersen graph is the graph whose vertices are the 22-element subsets of {1,2,3,4,5}\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}. Two vertices are adjacent if and only if they are disjoint subsets.

It has (52)=10\binom{5}{2} = 10 vertices and 1515 edges, and it is 33-regular.

Remarks

Its shortest cycle has length 55. It is not Hamiltonian, and it is not planar. Its chromatic number is 33, and its edges cannot be coloured with 33 colours. A common drawing shows it as a pentagon outside, a pentagram inside, and five spokes.

Further reading

  1. Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petersen_graph, Constructions
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