Edge contraction

Contracting the edge between the indicated vertices, resulting in graph G / {uv}.

In graph theory, an edge contraction is an operation that removes an edge from a graph while simultaneously merging the two vertices that it previously joined. Edge contraction is a fundamental operation in the theory of graph minors. Vertex identification is a less restrictive form of this operation.


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