OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
If G is an unlabeled finite simple graph, define its square S(G) to be the graph with the same vertices as G. The edges of S(G) are the edges of G together with an edge from vertex u to v whenever u and v are not adjacent in G but are joined by a path of length 2.
REFERENCES
Frank Harary and Ian C. Ross, The Square of a Tree, Bell Labs Memorandum MM-59-122-2, May 16, 1959, 11 pages.
LINKS
A. Mukhopadhyay, The Square Root of a Graph, J Comb. Th., 2, (1967), 290-295.
Ian C. Ross and Frank Harary, The square of a tree, The Bell System Technical J, 39, 3, May 1960.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Brendan McKay and Sean A. Irvine, Mar 17 2025
STATUS
approved
