In mathematics and computer science, connectivity is one of the basic concepts of graph theory: it asks for the minimum number of elements (nodes or edges) that need to be removed to separate the remaining nodes into two or more isolated subgraphs.[1] It is closely related to the theory of network flow problems. The connectivity of a graph is an important measure of its resilience as a network.
This graph becomes disconnected when the right-most node in the gray area on the left is removed
This graph becomes disconnected when the dashed edge is removed.
Contents
1 Connected vertices and graphs
2 Components and cuts
2.1 Super- and hyper-connectivity
3 Menger’s theorem
4 Computational aspects
4.1 Number of connected graphs
5 Examples
6 Bounds on connectivity
7 Other properties
8 See also