cocktail party graph

English

Etymology

So called because it can be visualised as the set of handshakes if n couples go to a party and each person shakes hands with every person except his or her partner.

Noun

cocktail party graph (plural cocktail party graphs)

  1. (mathematics) A graph consisting of two rows of paired nodes in which all nodes except the paired ones are connected with straight lines; it is the complement of the ladder rung graph, and the dual graph of the hypercube.

Synonyms

  • hyperoctahedral graph

Hypernyms

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