Petersen graph

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Etymology

Named after Julius Petersen, who in 1898 constructed it to be the smallest bridgeless cubic graph with no three-edge-coloring.

Noun

Petersen graph (plural Petersen graphs)

  1. (graph theory) An undirected graph with 10 vertices and 15 edges, serving as a simple example and counterexample for many problems in graph theory.