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An isolated vertex of a graph is a graph vertex of vertex degree 0. Terminology is not uniform: Hartsfield and Ringel (1990, p. 8), D'Angelo and West (2000, p. 212), and West (2000, p. 22) use isolated vertex, while Harary (1994, p. 15) uses isolated point.

The numbers of n-vertex graphs with no isolated vertices are 0, 1, 2, 7, 23, 122, 888, ... (OEIS A002494), the first few of which are illustrated above. The number of graphical partitions of length n is equal to the number of n-vertex graphs that have no isolated vertices.

A connected graph with more than one vertex has no isolated vertices.


See also

Connected Graph, Endpoint, Graphical Partition, Graph Vertex, Vertex Degree

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References

D'Angelo, J. P. and West, D. B. Mathematical Thinking: Problem-Solving and Proofs, 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2000.Harary, F. Graph Theory. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1994.Hartsfield, N. and Ringel, G. Pearls in Graph Theory: A Comprehensive Introduction. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1990.Sloane, N. J. A. Sequence A002494/M1762 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."West, D. B. Introduction to Graph Theory, 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2000.

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