Vertex vs Superconnected - What's the difference?
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The highest point of something.
(anatomy) The highest surface on the skull.
(geometry) The common point of the two rays of the angle, or its equivalent structure in polyhedra (meeting of edges) and higher order polytopes.
(mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
(graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
(computer graphics) A point in space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
(optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
(nuclear, or, particle physics) An interaction point.
(astrology) The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
(graph theory, of a graph) whose every minimum vertex cut leads to isolated vertices
* 2003 , H. L. Bodlaender, Graph-theoretic concepts in computer science: 29th International Workshop
(informal) Being a major user of communication technologies.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 17, author=Paul B. Brown, title=Wireless Codependency, work=New York Times
, passage=The superconnected may develop a dual-dependency,” Robert Bornstein, a psychologist at Adelphi University , told the author of the article, Carlin Flora. }}
As a noun vertex
is the highest point of something.As an adjective superconnected is
whose every minimum vertex cut leads to isolated vertices.vertex
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(wikipedia vertex)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (highest point) acme, apex, peak, top * (part of a graph) nodeDerived terms
* vertexal, vertexialSee also
*Mathworld article on vertices of polyhedra*
Mathworld article on verticies of polygons----
superconnected
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Adjective
(en adjective)- For a superconnected probe interval graph G, a tree 4-spanner can be constructed easily.
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