Regular Graphs
Regular Graphs
Definition: A graph $G = (V(G), E(G))$ with $k$ vertices is said to be Regular if all vertices of the graph have the same degree. That is for all of the vertices in the graph, $x_1, x_2, x_3, ..., x_k \in V(G)$ we have $\deg(x_i) = deg(x_j)$ for every $i, j \in \{ 1, 2, ..., k \}$ |
A graph is said to be $r$-regular when all vertices in the graph have $r$ edges incident to them. For example, here are some $2$-regular graphs:
And now let's look at some $3$-regular graphs:
Note that regular graphs do not need to be connected graphs or simple graphs. Furthermore, note that since $r$-regular graphs have the all vertices with degree $r$ we have that $\delta (G) = \Delta (G) = r$.
Now one special type of $r$-regular graphs are when $r = 3$ to which we give the following name.
Definition: A graph $G = (V(G), E(G))$ is said to be Cubic if $G$ is $3$-regular. |