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Plot Device: Bipartite Graph of Gang Violence

November 4, 2024Original blog post

A story trope recast as a math object: Bipartite Graph of Gang Violence.

Content note: Cartoon violence.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-11-04-mathematical-plot-devices--plot-device-bipartite-graph-of-gang-violence/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

Bipartite Graph of Gang Violence: every gang member is a node, and every mutual grudge is an undirected arc.

Topics
Discrete Math › Graph Theory › Bipartite Graphs
Level
High SchoolCollege
Themes
Literature & MythFamily & RelationshipsPop CulturePuns