"Cayley's formula" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Cayley's theorem [canonical]
Etymology: Named in honour of Arthur Cayley. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=Cayley's theorem}} Cayley's theorem (uncountable)
  1. (graph theory) A formula for the number of spanning trees of a complete graph of n vertices: nⁿ⁻². Wikipedia link: Arthur Cayley, Cayley's formula Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Graph theory
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