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Triangular Grid Graph


TriangularGridGraph

The triangular grid graph T_n is the lattice graph obtained by interpreting the order-(n+1) triangular grid as a graph, with the intersection of grid lines being the vertices and the line segments between vertices being the edges. Equivalently, it is the graph on vertices (i,j,k) with i,j,k being nonnegative integers summing to n such that vertices are adjacent if the sum of absolute differences of the coordinates of two vertices is 2 (West 2000, p. 391).

Note that the alternate convention of calling the triangular lattice graph with n (instead of n+1) points along each of the three boundary lines the "n-triangular grid graph" is also commonly encountered. For example, the graph called the triangular grid graph TG_n by Wagon (2014) is T_(n-1) in the notation and indexing of West (2000, pp. 390-391).

The graph bandwidth of T_n is n+1 (West 2000, p. 392).

T_n is also the triangular honeycomb king graph of order n+1, i.e., the connectivity graph of possible moves of a king chess piece on a hexagonal chessboard.


See also

Hanoi Graph, Lattice Graph, Sierpiński Gasket Graph, Triangular Grid, Triangular Honeycomb King Graph

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References

Wagon, S. "Graph Theory Problems from Hexagonal and Traditional Chess." College Math. J. 45, 278-287, 2014.West, D. B. Introduction to Graph Theory, 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, pp. 390-392, 2000.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Triangular Grid Graph." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TriangularGridGraph.html

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