max_clique#
- max_clique(G)[source]#
Find the Maximum Clique
Finds the \(O(|V|/(log|V|)^2)\) apx of maximum clique/independent set in the worst case.
- Parameters:
- GNetworkX graph
Undirected graph
- Returns:
- cliqueset
The apx-maximum clique of the graph
- Raises:
- NetworkXNotImplemented
If the graph is directed or is a multigraph.
Notes
A clique in an undirected graph G = (V, E) is a subset of the vertex set
C subseteq V
such that for every two vertices in C there exists an edge connecting the two. This is equivalent to saying that the subgraph induced by C is complete (in some cases, the term clique may also refer to the subgraph).A maximum clique is a clique of the largest possible size in a given graph. The clique number
omega(G)
of a graph G is the number of vertices in a maximum clique in G. The intersection number of G is the smallest number of cliques that together cover all edges of G.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_clique
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