Orientation (graph theory)In graph theory, an orientation of an undirected graph is an assignment of a direction to each edge, turning the initial graph into a directed graph. A directed graph is called an oriented graph if none of its pairs of vertices is linked by two symmetric edges. Among directed graphs, the oriented graphs are the ones that have no 2-cycles (that is at most one of (x, y) and (y, x) may be arrows of the graph). A tournament is an orientation of a complete graph. A polytree is an orientation of an undirected tree.
Graphe arête-connexeEn théorie des graphes, un graphe k-arête-connexe est un graphe connexe qu'il est possible de déconnecter en supprimant k arêtes et tel que ce k soit minimal. Il existe donc un ou plusieurs ensembles de k arêtes dont la suppression rende le graphe déconnecté, mais la suppression de k-1 arêtes, quelles qu'elles soient, le fait demeurer connexe. Un graphe régulier de degré k est au plus k-arête-connexe et k-sommet-connexe. S'il est effectivement k-arête-connexe et k-sommet-connexe, il est qualifié de graphe optimalement connecté.
Graphe dualEn théorie des graphes, le graphe dual d'un graphe plongé dans une surface est défini à l'aide des composantes de son complémentaire, lesquelles sont reliées entre elles par les arêtes du graphe de départ. Cette notion généralise celle de dualité dans les polyèdres. Il faut noter qu'un même graphe abstrait peut avoir des graphes duaux non isomorphes en fonction du plongement choisi, même dans le cas de plongements dans le plan. Un graphe (plongé) isomorphe à son dual est dit autodual.
Acyclic orientationIn graph theory, an acyclic orientation of an undirected graph is an assignment of a direction to each edge (an orientation) that does not form any directed cycle and therefore makes it into a directed acyclic graph. Every graph has an acyclic orientation. The chromatic number of any graph equals one more than the length of the longest path in an acyclic orientation chosen to minimize this path length. Acyclic orientations are also related to colorings through the chromatic polynomial, which counts both acyclic orientations and colorings.
Isthme (théorie des graphes)In graph theory, a bridge, isthmus, cut-edge, or cut arc is an edge of a graph whose deletion increases the graph's number of connected components. Equivalently, an edge is a bridge if and only if it is not contained in any cycle. For a connected graph, a bridge can uniquely determine a cut. A graph is said to be bridgeless or isthmus-free if it contains no bridges. This type of bridge should be distinguished from an unrelated meaning of "bridge" in graph theory, a subgraph separated from the rest of the graph by a specified subset of vertices; see bridge.
