Connected component

Connected component — компонента связности.

A connected component of a graph $\,G$ is a maximal connected subgraph of $\,G$. Any two connected components of $\,G$ are vertex-disjoint and each vertex (and edge) belongs to one of them. Their number is denoted by $\,c(G)$.

Литература

• Евстигнеев В.А., Касьянов В.Н. Словарь по графам в информатике. — Новосибирск: Сибирское Научное Издательство, 2009.