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Complete Graphs on Five Vertices

2024

K₅ (the complete graph) joined by the complete grief, the complete giraffe and the complete gaffe, each on five vertices.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-01-01-complete-graphs-on-five-vertices/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

K₅: the complete graph on five vertices [pentagon with all diagonals] · S₅: the complete grief on five vertices [Denial → Anger → Bargaining → Depression → Acceptance] · G₅: the complete giraffe on five vertices [a giraffe whose head and four feet are vertices] · Oops₅: the complete gaffe on five vertices [five faces: "I'm so embarrassed!"]

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Discrete Math › Graph Theory › Complete GraphsDiscrete Math › Graph Theory
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