Connected component

Connected component — компонента связности.

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

Литература

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