"covering number" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: covering numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} covering number (plural covering numbers)
  1. (graph theory) The number of vertices in a minimum vertex cover of a graph, often denoted as τ=τ(G). Categories (topical): Graph theory Related terms: edge covering number
    Sense id: en-covering_number-en-noun-5ijGZZvg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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