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Self-complementary graph

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A self-complementary graph: the blue N is isomorphic to its complement, the dashed red Z.

A self-complementary graph is a graph which is isomorphic to its complement. The simplest self-complementary graphs are the 4-vertex path graph and the 5-vertex cycle graph.

Self-complementary graphs are interesting in their relation to the graph isomorphism problem: the problems of checking whether two self-complementary graphs are isomorphic and of checking whether a given graph is self-complementary are polynomial-time equivalent to the general graph isomorphism problem.[1]

An n-vertex self-complementary graph has exactly half number of edges of the complete graph, i.e., and diameter 2 or 3. [2]

References

  1. ^ Colbourn M.J., Colbourn Ch.J. "Graph isomorphism and self-complementary graphs", SIGACT News, 1978, vol. 10, no. 1, 25-29
  2. ^ Sachs, H. (1962) "Über selbstkomplementäre Graphen." Publ. Math. Debrecen vol. 9, 270-288