Mathematics II 2022-2023 Information Technology Department
Definition: Let be a simple graph, the set of vertex-set of a graph is
called independent set, that's no two adjacent vertices contains in . the
cardinality of a maximum independent set is called independent number of
and denoted by . .
Example: Compute the independence number of the simple graph
Solution:
𝒗𝟏 𝒗𝟐 𝒗𝟑 𝒗𝟒 𝒗𝟓
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Definition: Let be a simple graph, with independence number , then the
independence polynomial is denoted by and defined by
Where ‾ , and is the
number of -independent set of order , for , we defined
Example: Write the independent polynomial of the simple graph :
Solution:
Since the independent number of the graph is then
Homework: Find the independence polynomial for the graph G
G: