"vertex cover" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vertex covers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vertex cover (plural vertex covers)
  1. (graph theory) a set of vertices which touch all the edges of a graph Wikipedia link: vertex cover Categories (topical): Graph theory Derived forms: covering number, edge cover Translations (graph theory: set of vertices): punktdække [neuter] (Danish)
    Sense id: en-vertex_cover-en-noun-h1dy4GYA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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