Definition:Cycle (Graph Theory)/Subgraph

Definition

The set of vertices and edges which go to make up a cycle form a subgraph.

This subgraph itself is also referred to as a cycle.

Also see

• Results about cycles in the context of graph theory can be found here.

Sources

• 1977: Gary Chartrand: Introductory Graph Theory ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 2.3$: Connected Graphs