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Cayley Graph

SUBJECT > Algebra : Group Theory : Finite Groups

SUBJECT > Discrete Mathematics : Graph Theory : Directed Graphs

The representation of a Group as a network of directed segments, where the vertices correspond to elements and the segments to multiplication by group generators and their inverses.

see alsoCayley Tree

References

Grossman, I. and Magnus, W. Groups and Their Graphs. New York: Random House, p. 45, 1964.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-11-23
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