Chapter -5

Graph Theory
 Varying Applications (examples)

• Computer networks
• Distinguish between two chemical compounds with
the same molecular formula but different structures
• Solve shortest path problems between cities
• Scheduling exams and assign channels to television
stations
 Topics Covered
• Definitions
• Types
• Terminology
• Representation
• Sub-graphs
• Connectivity
• Hamilton and Euler definitions
• Shortest Path
• Planar Graphs
• Graph Coloring
 Definitions - Graph

A generalization of the simple concept of a set of

dots, links, edges or arcs.
Representation: Graph G =(V, E) consists set of vertices denoted by V,
or by V(G) and set of edges E, or E(G)
 Definitions – Edge Type
Directed: Ordered pair of vertices. Represented as (u, v) directed from
vertex u to v.

u v
Undirected: Unordered pair of vertices. Represented as {u, v}. Disregards
any sense of direction and treats both end vertices interchangeably.

u v
 Definitions – Edge Type
• Loop: A loop is an edge whose endpoints are equal i.e., an
edge joining a vertex to it self is called a loop. Represented as
{u, u} = {u}

• Multiple Edges: Two or more edges joining the same pair of

vertices.
 Definitions – Graph Type

Simple (Undirected) Graph: consists of V, a nonempty set of vertices,

and E, a set of unordered pairs of distinct elements of V called edges
(undirected)
Representation Example: G(V, E), V = {u, v, w}, E = {{u, v}, {v, w}, {u, w}}

u v

w
 Definitions – Graph Type

Multigraph: G(V,E), consists of set of vertices V, set of Edges E and

a function f from E to {{u, v}| u, v V, u ≠ v}. The edges e1 and e2
are called multiple or parallel edges if f (e1) = f (e2).
Representation Example: V = {u, v, w}, E = {e1, e2, e3}

u
e1 e2 w

v e3
 Definitions – Graph Type

Pseudograph: G(V,E), consists of set of vertices V, set of Edges E and a

function F from E to {{u, v}| u, v Î V}. Loops allowed in such a graph.
Representation Example: V = {u, v, w}, E = {e1, e2, e3, e4}

u
e1 w e4
e2

v e3
 Definitions – Graph Type

Directed Graph: G(V, E), set of vertices V, and set of Edges E, that are
ordered pair of elements of V (directed edges)
Representation Example: G(V, E), V = {u, v, w}, E = {(u, v), (v, w), (w, u)}

u v

w
 Definitions – Graph Type

Directed Multigraph: G(V,E), consists of set of vertices V, set of Edges

E and a function f from E to {{u, v}| u, v V}. The edges e1 and e2 are
multiple edges if f(e1) = f(e2)
Representation Example: V = {u, v, w}, E = {e1, e2, e3, e4}

u
u e4
e1 e2

u e3
 Definitions – Graph Type

Type Edges Multiple Edges Loops Allowed ?

Allowed ?
Simple Graph undirected No No

Multigraph undirected Yes No

Pseudograph undirected Yes Yes

Directed Graph directed No Yes

Directed directed Yes Yes

Multigraph
 Terminology – Undirected graphs

• u and v are adjacent if {u, v} is an edge, e is called incident with u and v. u and v are called
endpoints of {u, v}
• Degree of Vertex (deg (v)): the number of edges incident on a vertex. A loop contributes twice to
the degree (why?).
• Pendant Vertex: deg (v) =1
• Isolated Vertex: deg (v) = 0
Representation Example: For V = {u, v, w} , E = { {u, w}, {u, w}, (u, v) }, deg (u) = 2, deg (v) = 1, deg (w) =
1, deg (k) = 0, w and v are pendant , k is isolated

u v
k

w
 Terminology – Directed graphs

• For the edge (u, v), u is adjacent to v OR v is adjacent from u, u – Initial vertex, v – Terminal vertex
• In-degree (deg- (u)): number of edges for which u is terminal vertex
• Out-degree (deg+ (u)): number of edges for which u is initial vertex
Note: A loop contributes 1 to both in-degree and out-degree (why?)
Representation Example: For V = {u, v, w} , E = { (u, w), ( v, w), (u, v) }, deg- (u) = 0, deg+ (u) = 2, deg- (v) =
1,
deg (v) = 1, and deg- (w) = 2, deg+ (u) = 0
+

u v

w
 Theorems: Undirected Graphs

Theorem 1
The Handshaking theorem:
2e   v
vV

(why?) Every edge connects 2 vertices

 Theorems: Undirected Graphs

Theorem 2:
An undirected graph has even number of vertices with odd degree

Pr oof V 1 is the set of even degree vertices and V2 refers to odd degree vertices
2e   deg(v)   deg(u)   deg(v)
vV u  V1 v  V2

 deg (v) is even for v  V1,

 The first term in the right hand side of the last inequality is even.
 The sum of the last two terms on the right hand side of
the last inequality is even since sum is 2e.
Hence second term is also even
 second term  deg(v)  even
v  V2
 Theorems: directed Graphs

• Theorem 3:

deg + (u) = deg - (u) = |E|

Simple graphs – special cases

• Complete graph: Kn, is the simple graph that contains exactly one
edge between each pair of distinct vertices.

Representation Example: K1, K2, K3, K4

K1 K2 K3
K4
Simple graphs – special cases

• Cycle: Cn, n ≥ 3 consists of n vertices v1, v2, v3 … vn and edges {v1, v2},
{v2, v3}, {v3, v4} … {vn-1, vn}, {vn, v1}
Representation Example: C3, C4

C3 C4
Simple graphs – special cases

• Wheels: Wn, obtained by adding additional vertex to Cn and

connecting all vertices to this new vertex by new edges.
Representation Example: W3, W4

W3 W4
Simple graphs – special cases

• N-cubes: Qn, vertices represented by 2n bit strings of length n. Two

vertices are adjacent if and only if the bit strings that they represent
differ by exactly one bit positions
Representation Example: Q1, Q2

10 11

0 1

00 01

Q1 Q2
 Bipartite graphs

• In a simple graph G, if V can be partitioned into two disjoint sets V1 and V2 such
that every edge in the graph connects a vertex in V1 and a vertex V2 (so that no
edge in G connects either two vertices in V1 or two vertices in V2)
Application example: Representing Relations
Representation example: V1 = {v1, v2, v3} and V2 = {v4, v5, v6},

v4
v1

v5
v2

v6
v3

V1 V2
 Complete Bipartite graphs

• Km,n is the graph that has its vertex set portioned into two subsets of
m and n vertices, respectively There is an edge between two vertices
if and only if one vertex is in the first subset and the other vertex is in
the second subset.
Representation example: K2,3, K3,3

K2,3 K3,3
 Subgraphs

• A subgraph of a graph G = (V, E) is a graph H =(V’, E’) where V’ is a subset of V

and E’ is a subset of E
Application example: solving sub-problems within a graph
Representation example: V = {u, v, w}, E = ({u, v}, {v, w}, {w, u}}, H1 , H2

u u u

v w v w v

G H1 H2
 Subgraphs

• G = G1 U G2 wherein E = E1 U E2 and V = V1 U V2, G, G1 and G2 are simple

graphs of G

Representation example: V1 = {u, w}, E1 = {{u, w}}, V2 = {w, v},

E1 = {{w, v}}, V = {u, v ,w}, E = {{{u, w}, {{w, v}}

u
u

w v
w w v

G1 G2 G
 Representation

• Incidence (Matrix): Most useful when information about edges is

more desirable than information about vertices.

• Adjacency (Matrix/List): Most useful when information about the

vertices is more desirable than information about the edges. These
two representations are also most popular since information about
the vertices is often more desirable than edges in most applications
 Representation- Incidence Matrix
 G = (V, E) be an unditected graph. Suppose that v1, v2, v3, …, vn are the vertices and e1, e2, …, em are the edges of G. Then the incidence matrix with respect to this ordering of V and E is the
nx m matrix M = [m ij], where

Can also be used to represent :

Multiple edges: by using columns with identical entries, since these edges are incident with the same pair of vertices
Loops: by using a column with exactly one entry equal to 1, corresponding to the vertex that is incident with the loop

1 when edge ej is incident w ith vi

m ij  
0 otherwise
 Representation- Incidence Matrix

• Representation Example: G = (V, E)

e1 e2 e3
u
v 1 0 1
e1 e2
u 1 1 0

v w w 0 1 1
e3
 Representation- Adjacency Matrix

 There is an N x N matrix, where |V| = N , the Adjacenct Matrix (NxN) A =

[aij]

For undirected graph

1 if {vi, vj} is an edge of G
a ij  
0 otherwise
 For directed graph

1 if (vi, vj) is an edge of G

a ij  
0 otherwise

 This makes it easier to find subgraphs, and to reverse graphs if needed.

Representation- Adjacency Matrix

• Adjacency is chosen on the ordering of vertices. Hence, there as are

as many as n! such matrices.
• The adjacency matrix of simple graphs are symmetric (aij = aji) (why?)
• When there are relatively few edges in the graph the adjacency
matrix is a sparse matrix
• Directed Multigraphs can be represented by using aij = number of
edges from vi to vj
 Representation- Adjacency Matrix

• Example: Undirected Graph G (V, E)

v u w
u
v 0 1 1

u 1 0 1
v w
w 1 1 0
 Representation- Adjacency Matrix

• Example: directed Graph G (V, E)

v u w
u
v 0 1 0

u 0 0 1
v w
w 1 0 0
 Representation- Adjacency List

Each node (vertex) has a list of which nodes (vertex) it is adjacent

Example: undirectd graph G (V, E)

u
node Adjacency List

u v,w

v w, u
v w
w u,v
 Graph - Isomorphism

• G1 = (V1, E2) and G2 = (V2, E2) are isomorphic if:

• There is a one-to-one and onto function f from V1 to V2 with the
property that
– a and b are adjacent in G1 if and only if f (a) and f (b) are adjacent in G2, for all
a and b in V1.
• Function f is called isomorphism

Application Example:
In chemistry, to find if two compounds have the same structure
 Graph - Isomorphism

Representation example: G1 = (V1, E1) , G2 = (V2, E2)

f(u1) = v1, f(u2) = v4, f(u3) = v3, f(u4) = v2,

u1 u2 v1 v2

u3 u4 v4
v3
 Connectivity
• Basic Idea: In a Graph Reachability among vertices by
traversing the edges
Application Example:
- In a city to city road-network, if one city can be reached from
another city.
- Problems if determining whether a message can be sent
between two
computer using intermediate links
- Efficiently planning routes for data delivery in the Internet
 Connectivity – Path

A Path is a sequence of edges that begins at a vertex of a

graph and travels along edges of the graph, always
connecting pairs of adjacent vertices.

Representation example: G = (V, E), Path P represented,

from u to v is {{u, 1}, {1, 4}, {4, 5}, {5, v}}

2
1 v
3
u

4 5
 Connectivity – Path

Definition for Directed Graphs

A Path of length n (> 0) from u to v in G is a sequence of n edges e1, e2 ,
e3, …, en of G such that f (e1) = (xo, x1), f (e2) = (x1, x2), …, f (en) = (xn-1, xn),
where x0 = u and xn = v. A path is said to pass through x0, x1, …, xn or
traverse e1, e2 , e3, …, en

For Simple Graphs, sequence is x0, x1, …, xn

In directed multigraphs when it is not necessary to distinguish between

their edges, we can use sequence of vertices to represent the path

Circuit/Cycle: u = v, length of path > 0

Simple Path: does not contain an edge more than once

Connectivity – Connectedness

Undirected Graph
An undirected graph is connected if there exists is a
simple path between every pair of vertices

Representation Example: G (V, E) is connected since for V =

{v1, v2, v3, v4, v5}, there exists a path between {vi, vj}, 1 ≤
i, j≤ 5
v4
v1 v3

v2 v5
Connectivity – Connectedness

Undirected Graph

• Articulation Point (Cut vertex): removal of a vertex produces a

subgraph with more connected components than in the original
graph. The removal of a cut vertex from a connected graph produces a
graph that is not connected
• Cut Edge: An edge whose removal produces a subgraph with more
connected components than in the original graph.
Representation example: G (V, E), v3 is the articulation point or edge
{v2, v3}, the number of connected components is 2 (> 1)

v3
v5
v1

v2
v4
Connectivity – Connectedness

Directed Graph
• A directed graph is strongly connected if there is a path from a to b
and from b to a whenever a and b are vertices in the graph
• A directed graph is weakly connected if there is a (undirected) path
between every two vertices in the underlying undirected path

A strongly connected Graph can be weakly connected but the vice-

versa is not true (why?)
Connectivity – Connectedness

Directed Graph
Representation example: G1 (Strong component), G2 (Weak Component), G3
is undirected graph representation of G2 or G1

G1 G2 G3
Connectivity – Connectedness

• Directed Graph
Strongly connected Components: subgraphs of a Graph G
that are strongly connected
Representation example: G1 is the strongly connected
component in G

G G1
 Isomorphism - revisited

A isomorphic invariant for simple graphs is the existence

of a simple circuit of length k , k is an integer > 2 (why ?)
Representation example: G1 and G2 are isomorphic since we have
the invariants, similarity in degree of nodes, number of edges, length
of circuits

G1 G2
 Counting Paths

• Theorem: Let G be a graph with adjacency matrix A with respect to the ordering
v1, v2, …, Vn (with directed on undirected edges, with multiple edges and loops
allowed). The number of different paths of length r from Vi to Vj, where r is a
positive integer, equals the (i, j)th entry of (adjacency matrix) Ar.

Proof: By Mathematical Induction.

Base Case: For the case N = 1, aij =1 implies that there is a path of length 1. This is true
since this corresponds to an edge between two vertices.

We assume that theorem is true for N = r and prove the same for N = r +1. Assume that
the (i, j)th entry of Ar is the number of different paths of length r from vi to vj. By induction
hypothesis, bik is the number of paths of length r from vi to vk.
 Counting Paths
Case r +1: In Ar+1 = Ar. A,
The (i, j)th entry in Ar+1 , bi1a1j + bi2 a2j + …+ bin anj
where bik is the (i, j)th entry of Ar.

By induction hypothesis, bik is the number of paths of length r from vi to vk.

The (i, j)th entry in Ar+1 corresponds to the length between i and j and the length is
r+1. This path is made up of length r from vi to vk and of length from vk to vj. By
product rule for counting, the number of such paths is bik* akj The result is bi1a1j +
bi2 a2j + …+ bin anj ,the desired result.
 Counting Paths

a ------- b
| |
| |
c -------d

A=0110 A4 = 8 0 0 8
1001 0880
1001 0880
0110 8008

Number of paths of length 4 from a to d is (1,4) th entry of A4 = 8.

 The Seven Bridges of Königsberg, Germany

• The residents of Königsberg, Germany, wondered if it was

possible to take a walking tour of the town that crossed
each of the seven bridges over the Presel river exactly once.
Is it possible to start at some node and take a walk that uses
each edge exactly once, and ends at the starting node?
 The Seven Bridges of Königsberg, Germany

You can redraw the original picture as long as for every edge between nodes i
and j in the original you put an edge between nodes i and j in the redrawn
version (and you put no other edges in the redrawn version).

Original:
2 3

4
Redrawn: 2

4 1
3
 The Seven Bridges of Königsberg, Germany

Euler:

• Has no tour that uses each edge exactly once.

• (Even if we allow the walk to start and finish in different places.)
• Can you see why?
 Euler - definitions

• An Eulerian path (Eulerian trail, Euler walk) in a graph is a path that

uses each edge precisely once. If such a path exists, the graph is
called traversable.

• An Eulerian cycle (Eulerian circuit, Euler tour) in a graph is a cycle

that uses each edge precisely once. If such a cycle exists, the graph is
called Eulerian (also unicursal).

• Representation example: G1 has Euler path a, c, d, e, b, d, a, b

a b

c d e
 The problem in our language:

Show that is not Eulerian.

In fact, it contains no Euler trail.

 Euler - theorems
1. A connected graph G is Eulerian if and only if G is connected and has no
vertices of odd degree

2. A connected graph G is has an Euler trail from node a to some other

node b if and only if G is connected and a  b are the only two nodes of
odd degree
 Euler – theorems (=>)
Assume G has an Euler trail T from node a to node b (a and b not
necessarily distinct).

For every node besides a and b, T uses an edge to exit for each edge it
uses to enter. Thus, the degree of the node is even.

1. If a = b, then a also has even degree.  Euler circuit

2. If a  b, then a and b both have odd degree.  Euler path

 Euler - theorems

1. A connected graph G is Eulerian if and only if G is connected and

has no vertices of odd degree

a b

f c d

Building a simple path:

e {a,b}, {b,c}, {c,f}, {f,a}

Euler circuit constructed if all edges

are used. True here?
 Euler - theorems

1. A connected graph G is Eulerian if and only if G is connected and

has no vertices of odd degree

c d

e
Delete the simple path:
{a,b}, {b,c}, {c,f}, {f,a}

C is the common vertex for this

sub-graph with its “parent”.
 Euler - theorems

1. A connected graph G is Eulerian if and only if G is connected and

has no vertices of odd degree

c d

Constructed subgraph may not be connected.

e C is the common vertex for this sub-graph

with its “parent”.

C has even degree.

Start at c and take a walk:

{c,d}, {d,e}, {e,c}
 Euler - theorems

1. A connected graph G is Eulerian if and only if G is connected and

has no vertices of odd degree

a b

f c d
“Splice” the circuits in the 2 graphs:
{a,b}, {b,c}, {c,f}, {f,a}
“+”
e {c,d}, {d,e}, {e,c}
“=“
{a,b}, {b,c}, {c,d}, {d,e}, {e,c}, {c,f}
{f,a}
 Euler Circuit

1. Circuit C := a circuit in G beginning at an arbitrary vertex

v.
1. Add edges successively to form a path that returns to this
vertex.
2. H := G – above circuit C
3. While H has edges
1. Sub-circuit sc := a circuit that begins at a vertex in H that is also
in C (e.g., vertex “c”)
2. H := H – sc (- all isolated vertices)
3. Circuit := circuit C “spliced” with sub-circuit sc
4. Circuit C has the Euler circuit.
 Representation- Incidence Matrix

e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e6 e7
e1

a b a 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

e2 b 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
e7
e3 c 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
f c d
d 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
e6
e5 e 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
e e4
f 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
 Homework 1

• Write a program to obtain Euler Circuits.

– Input graphs can be Eulerian, no need for checking “non” Euler graphs
– Include a simple user interface to “input” the graph.
– Minimum of 10 edges (no more than 15 edges needed)
– Simple documentation
– Include a sample graph, if needed, to test
– Any programming language
– Submission on WebCT

• Due on January 27th 11.55pm.

 Hamiltonian Graph

• Hamiltonian path (also called traceable path) is a path that visits each vertex
exactly once.

• A Hamiltonian cycle (also called Hamiltonian circuit, vertex tour or graph

cycle) is a cycle that visits each vertex exactly once (except for the starting
vertex, which is visited once at the start and once again at the end).

• A graph that contains a Hamiltonian path is called a traceable graph. A graph

that contains a Hamiltonian cycle is called a Hamiltonian graph. Any
Hamiltonian cycle can be converted to a Hamiltonian path by removing one of
its edges, but a Hamiltonian path can be extended to Hamiltonian cycle only if
its endpoints are adjacent.
A graph of the vertices of a dodecahedron.

Is it Hamiltonian?

Yes
.
 Hamiltonian Graph

This one has a Hamiltonian path, but not a

Hamiltonian tour.
 Hamiltonian Graph

This one has an Euler tour, but no Hamiltonian path.

 Hamiltonian Graph

• Similar notions may be defined for directed graphs, where edges (arcs) of a
path or a cycle are required to point in the same direction, i.e., connected
tail-to-head.

• The Hamiltonian cycle problem or Hamiltonian circuit problem in graph theory

is to find a Hamiltonian cycle in a given graph. The Hamiltonian path problem
is to find a Hamiltonian path in a given graph.

• There is a simple relation between the two problems. The Hamiltonian path
problem for graph G is equivalent to the Hamiltonian cycle problem in a graph
H obtained from G by adding a new vertex and connecting it to all vertices of
G.

• Both problems are NP-complete. However, certain classes of graphs always

contain Hamiltonian paths. For example, it is known that every tournament
has an odd number of Hamiltonian paths.
 Hamiltonian Graph
• DIRAC’S Theorem: if G is a simple graph with n vertices with n
≥ 3 such that the degree of every vertex in G is at least n/2
then G has a Hamilton circuit.

• ORE’S Theorem: if G is a simple graph with n vertices with n ≥

3 such that deg (u) + deg (v) ≥ n fro every pair of nonadjacent
vertices u and v in G, then G has a Hamilton circuit.
 Shortest Path
• Generalize distance to weighted setting
• Digraph G = (V,E) with weight function W: E  R (assigning real values to
edges)
• Weight of path p = v1  v2  …  vk is

k 1
w( p)   w(vi , vi 1 )
• Shortest path = a path of thei minimum
1 weight
• Applications
– static/dynamic network routing
– robot motion planning
– map/route generation in traffic
Shortest-Path Problems

• Shortest-Path problems
– Single-source (single-destination). Find a shortest path
from a given source (vertex s) to each of the vertices.
The topic of this lecture.
– Single-pair. Given two vertices, find a shortest path
between them. Solution to single-source problem
solves this problem efficiently, too.
– All-pairs. Find shortest-paths for every pair of vertices.
Dynamic programming algorithm.
– Unweighted shortest-paths – BFS.
 Optimal Substructure
• Theorem: subpaths of shortest paths are
shortest paths
• Proof (”cut and paste”)
– if some subpath were not the shortest path, one
could substitute the shorter subpath and create a
shorter total path
 Negative Weights and Cycles?
• Negative edges are OK, as long as there are no negative
weight cycles (otherwise paths with arbitrary small “lengths”
would be possible)
• Shortest-paths can have no cycles (otherwise we could
improve them by removing cycles)
– Any shortest-path in graph G can be no longer than n – 1
edges, where n is the number of vertices
 Shortest Path Tree
• The result of the algorithms – a shortest path tree. For each vertex v, it
– records a shortest path from the start vertex s to v. v.parent() gives a
predecessor of v in this shortest path
– gives a shortest path length from s to v, which is recorded in v.d().
• The same pseudo-code assumptions are used.
• Vertex ADT with operations:
– adjacent():VertexSet
– d():int and setd(k:int)
– parent():Vertex and setparent(p:Vertex)
 Relaxation

• For each vertex v in the graph, we maintain v.d(), the estimate of the
shortest path from s, initialized to at the start
• Relaxing an edge (u,v) means testing whether we can improve the
shortest path to v found so far by going through u

u v u v
2 2 Relax (u,v,G)
5 9 5 6
if v.d() > u.d()+G.w(u,v) then
Relax(u,v) Relax(u,v) v.setd(u.d()+G.w(u,v))
v.setparent(u)
5 2 7 5 2 6
u v u v
 Dijkstra's Algorithm
• Non-negative edge weights
• Greedy, similar to Prim's algorithm for MST
• Like breadth-first search (if all weights = 1, one can simply use BFS)
• Use Q, a priority queue ADT keyed by v.d() (BFS used FIFO queue, here we
use a PQ, which is re-organized whenever some d decreases)
• Basic idea
– maintain a set S of solved vertices
– at each step select "closest" vertex u, add it to S, and relax all edges
from u
 Dijkstra’s ALgorithm
Solution to Single-source (single-destination).

• Input: Graph G, start vertex s

Dijkstra(G,s)
01 for each vertex u  G.V()
02 u.setd()
03 u.setparent(NIL)
04 s.setd(0)
05 S  // Set S is used to explain the
algorithm
06 Q.init(G.V()) // Q is a priority queue ADT
07 while not Q.isEmpty()
08 u  Q.extractMin()
09 S S {u} relaxing
10 for each v  u.adjacent() do
edges
11 Relax(u, v, G)
12 Q.modifyKey(v)
 Dijkstra’s Example
u v
1
Dijkstra(G,s) 10  
01 for each vertex u  G.V() 9
2 3
02 u.setd()
s 0 4 6
7
03 u.setparent(NIL) 5
04 s.setd(0)  2 
05 S  x y
06 Q.init(G.V())
07 while not Q.isEmpty() u v
08 u  Q.extractMin() 1
09 S S {u} 10 10 
10 for each v  u.adjacent() do 9
2 3
11 Relax(u, v, G) s 0 4 6
7
12 Q.modifyKey(v) 5
5 2 
x y
 Dijkstra’s Example
u v
1
10 8 14
Dijkstra(G,s) 9
for each vertex u  G.V() 2 3
01 s 0 4 6
02 u.setd() 7
03 u.setparent(NIL) 5
04 s.setd(0) 5 2 7
05 S  x y
06 Q.init(G.V())
07 while not Q.isEmpty() u v
08 u  Q.extractMin() 1
10 8 13
09 S S {u}
10 for each v  u.adjacent() do 9
2 3
11 Relax(u, v, G)
s 0 4 6
7
12 Q.modifyKey(v) 5
5 2 7
x y
 Dijkstra’s Example
u v
1
10 8 9
Dijkstra(G,s) 9
2 3
01 for each vertex u  G.V() 0 4 6
02 u.setd() 7
5
03 u.setparent(NIL) 5 2 7
04 s.setd(0)
05 S 
x y
06 Q.init(G.V())
07 while not Q.isEmpty() u v
1
08 u  Q.extractMin() 10 8 9
09 S S {u} 9
for each v  u.adjacent() do 2 3
10 0 4 6
11 Relax(u, v, G) 7
12 Q.modifyKey(v) 5
5 2 7
x y
 Dijkstra’s Algorithm
• O(n2) operations
– (n-1) iterations: 1 for each vertex added to the
distinguished set S.
– (n-1) iterations: for each adjacent vertex of the
one added to the distinguished set.
• Note: it is single source – single destination
algorithm
 Traveling Salesman Problem
• Given a number of cities and the costs of traveling from one to the other,
what is the cheapest roundtrip route that visits each city once and then
returns to the starting city?

• An equivalent formulation in terms of graph theory is: Find the

Hamiltonian cycle with the least weight in a weighted graph.

• It can be shown that the requirement of returning to the starting city does
not change the computational complexity of the problem.

• A related problem is the (bottleneck TSP): Find the Hamiltonian cycle in a

weighted graph with the minimal length of the longest edge.
 Planar Graphs
• A graph (or multigraph) G is called planar if G can be drawn in the plane with its
edges intersecting only at vertices of G, such a drawing of G is called an embedding
of G in the plane.

Application Example: VLSI design (overlapping edges requires extra layers), Circuit
design (cannot overlap wires on board)

Representation examples: K1,K2,K3,K4 are planar, Kn for n>4 are non-planar

K4
 Planar Graphs

• Representation examples: Q3
 Planar Graphs

• Representation examples: K3,3 is Nonplanar

v1 v2 v3 v1 v5 v1 v5

R21
R2 R1 R1
R22
v3

v4 v5 v6 v4 v2 v4 v2
Planar Graphs
Theorem : Euler's planar graph theorem

For a connected planar graph or multigraph:

v–e+r=2

number number
number of regions
of vertices of edges
 Planar Graphs
Example of Euler’s theorem

A planar graph divides the plane

R1 into several regions (faces), one
K4 R4
R2 of them is the infinite region.

v=4,e=6,r=4, v-e+r=2
R3
 Planar Graphs

• Proof of Euler’s formula: By Induction

Base Case: for G1 , e1 = 1, v1 = 2 and r1= 1

v
u
R1

n+1 Case: Assume, rn = en – vn + 2 is true. Let {an+1, bn+1} be the edge that
is added to Gn to obtain Gn+1 and we prove that rn = en – vn + 2 is true. Can
be proved using two cases.
 Planar Graphs

• Case 1:

rn+1 = rn + 1, en+1 = en + 1, vn+1 = vn => rn+1 = en+1 – vn+1 + 2

an+1

bn+1
 Planar Graphs

• Case 2:

rn+1 = rn, en+1 = en + 1, vn+1 = vn + 1 => rn+1 = en+1 – vn+1 + 2

an+1

R
bn+1
 Planar Graphs
Corollary 1: Let G = (V, E) be a connected simple planar graph with
|V| = v, |E| = e > 2, and r regions. Then 3r ≤ 2e and e ≤ 3v – 6
Proof: Since G is loop-free and is not a multigraph, the boundary of
each region (including the infinite region) contains at least three
edges. Hence, each region has degree ≥ 3.
Degree of region: No. of edges on its boundary; 1 edge may occur
twice on boundary -> contributes 2 to the region degree.
Each edge occurs exactly twice: either in the same region or in 2
different regions

an+1

R
bn+1
Region Degree

R Degree of R = 3

Degree of R = ?

R
 Planar Graphs
Each edge occurs exactly twice: either in the same region or in 2
different regions
2e = sum of degree of r regions determined by 2e
2e ≥ 3r. (since each region has a degree of at least 3)
r ≤ (2/3) e
From Euler’s theorem, 2 = v – e + r
2 ≤ v – e + 2e/3
2 ≤ v – e/3
So 6 ≤ 3v – e
or e ≤ 3v – 6
 Planar Graphs

Corollary 2: Let G = (V, E) be a connected simple planar graph then

G has a vertex degree that does not exceed 5
Proof: If G has one or two vertices the result is true
If G has 3 or more vertices then by Corollary 1, e ≤ 3v – 6
2e ≤ 6v – 12
If the degree of every vertex were at least 6:
by Handshaking theorem: 2e = Sum (deg(v))
 2e ≥ 6v. But this contradicts the inequality 2e ≤ 6v – 12
There must be at least one vertex with degree no greater than 5
 Planar Graphs

Corollary 3: Let G = (V, E) be a connected simple planar graph with

v vertices ( v ≥ 3) , e edges, and no circuits of length 3 then e ≤ 2v
-4
Proof: Similar to Corollary 1 except the fact that no circuits of length
3 imply that degree of region must be at least 4.
 Planar Graphs
• Elementary sub-division: Operation in which a graph are obtained by
removing an edge {u, v} and adding the vertex w and edges {u, w}, {w, v}

• Homeomorphic Graphs: Graphs G1 and G2 are termed as homeomorphic

u obtained
if they are v by sequence ofu elementary
w v
sub-divisions.
 Planar Graphs

• Kuwratoski’s Theorem: A graph is non-planar if and only if it contains a

subgraph homeomorephic to K3,3 or K5
Representation Example: G is Nonplanar
a
b a b b
a

c
j

d
c
c
h e
i
k e
d
g f d

e H K5
g
f
G
 Graph Coloring Problem
• Graph coloring is an assignment of "colors", almost always taken to be
consecutive integers starting from 1 without loss of generality, to certain
objects in a graph. Such objects can be vertices, edges, faces, or a mixture
of the above.

• Application examples: scheduling, register allocation in a microprocessor,

frequency assignment in mobile radios, and pattern matching
 Vertex Coloring Problem

• Assignment of colors to the vertices of the graph such that proper coloring
takes place (no two adjacent vertices are assigned the same color)
• Chromatic number: least number of colors needed to color the graph
• A graph that can be assigned a (proper) k-coloring is k-colorable, and it is k-
chromatic if its chromatic number is exactly k.
 Vertex Coloring Problem

• The problem of finding a minimum coloring of a graph is NP-Hard

• The corresponding decision problem (Is there a coloring which uses at most k
colors?) is NP-complete
• The chromatic number for Cn = 3 (n is odd) or 2 (n is even), Kn = n, Km,n = 2
• Cn: cycle with n vertices; Kn: fully connected graph with n vertices; Km,n:
complete bipartite graph

C4 C5
K4 K2, 3
 Vertex Covering Problem
• The Four color theorem: the chromatic number of a planar graph is no
greater than 4
• Example: G1 chromatic number = 3, G2 chromatic number = 4
• (Most proofs rely on case by case analysis).

G1 G2