graphscope.nx.generators.small.petersen_graph#

graphscope.nx.generators.small.petersen_graph(create_using=None)[source]#

Returns the Petersen graph.

The Peterson graph is a cubic, undirected graph with 10 nodes and 15 edges 1. Julius Petersen constructed the graph as the smallest counterexample against the claim that a connected bridgeless cubic graph has an edge colouring with three colours 2.

Parameters

create_using (NetworkX graph constructor, optional (default=nx.Graph)) – Graph type to create. If graph instance, then cleared before populated.

Returns

G – Petersen graph

Return type

networkx Graph

References

1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petersen_graph

2

https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/drg/graphs/Petersen.html