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The term '''cube graph''', sometimes '''cube''' or '''graph of a cube''', refers to the cube in three-dimensional space viewed as a graph: the vertices are the vertices of the cube, and the edges are the edges of the cube.
The term '''cube graph''', sometimes '''cube''' or '''graph of a cube''', refers to the cube in three-dimensional space viewed as a graph: the vertices are the vertices of the cube, and the edges are the edges of the cube.
==Terminological confusion==
This is not to be confused with [[cubic graph]], a term used for a 3-[[regular graph]]. Note that the cube graph is cubic, but is not the only cubic graph.


==Arithmetic functions==
==Arithmetic functions==
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| [[satisfies property::connected graph]] || Yes ||
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| [[satisfies property::regular graph]] || Yes || all vertices have degree three
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| [[satisfies property::vertex-transitive graph]] || Yes ||
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| [[satisfies property::cubic graph]] || Yes || all vertices have degree three
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| [[satisfies property::edge-transitive graph]] || Yes ||
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| [[satisfies property::symmetric graph]] || Yes ||
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| [[satisfies property::distance-transitive graph]] || Yes ||
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| [[satisfies property::bridgeless graph]] || Yes ||
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| [[dissatisfies property::strongly regular graph]] || No ||
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Revision as of 04:05, 29 May 2012

This article defines a particular undirected graph, i.e., the definition here determines the graph uniquely up to graph isomorphism.
View a complete list of particular undirected graphs

Definition

The term cube graph, sometimes cube or graph of a cube, refers to the cube in three-dimensional space viewed as a graph: the vertices are the vertices of the cube, and the edges are the edges of the cube.

Terminological confusion

This is not to be confused with cubic graph, a term used for a 3-regular graph. Note that the cube graph is cubic, but is not the only cubic graph.

Arithmetic functions

Size measures

Function Value Explanation
size of vertex set 8
size of edge set 12

Numerical invariants associated with vertices

Since the graph is a vertex-transitive graph, any numerical invariant associated to a vertex must be equal on all vertices of the graph. Below are listed some of these invariants:

Function Value Explanation
degree of a vertex 3
eccentricity of a vertex 3

Other numerical invariants

Function Value Explanation
clique number 2
independence number 4
chromatic number 2
radius of a graph 3 Due to vertex-transitivity, the radius equals the eccentricity of any vertex, which has been computed above.
diameter of a graph 3 Due to vertex-transitivity, the radius equals the eccentricity of any vertex, which has been computed above.
odd girth infinite
even girth 4
girth of a graph 4

Graph properties

Property Satisfied? Explanation
connected graph Yes
regular graph Yes all vertices have degree three
vertex-transitive graph Yes
cubic graph Yes all vertices have degree three
edge-transitive graph Yes
symmetric graph Yes
distance-transitive graph Yes
bridgeless graph Yes
strongly regular graph No