graph theory

noun

: a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of graphs

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Chung is a pioneer in graph theory, or the study of graphs — particularly useful in revealing and exploiting important connections found in data networks. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024 One of the central problems in graph theory is finding routes that visit each point in a graph exactly once before returning to their starting point. Quanta Magazine, 7 June 2024 The name comes from the field of mathematics (graph theory) that the benchmark draws most heavily from. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2010 The authors also generalized that same technique to improve the multiplication process for rectangular (n-by-m) matrices — a procedure that has applications in graph theory, machine learning and other areas. Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for graph theory 

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First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of graph theory was in 1947

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“Graph theory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graph%20theory. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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