(definition)
Definition: A graph that can be drawn in the plane with no crossing edges.
Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
graph.
Specialization (... is a kind of me.)
dual, planar straight-line graph.
Note: Equivalently, a graph that does not contain any subgraph homeomorphic to the complete graph on 5 vertices or the complete bipartite graph with 3 vertices in each partition.
Author: JLG
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Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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Cite this as:
Joseph L. Ganley, "planar graph", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY)
Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/planargraph.html
