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Degree matrix

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Degree matrix

In the mathematical field of graph theory the degree matrix is a diagonal matrix which contains information about the degree of each vertex—that is, the number of edges attached to each vertex. It is used together with the adjacency matrix to construct the Laplacian matrix of a graph.

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Definition

Given a graph G = ( V , E ) with | V | = n , the degree matrix D for G is a n × n diagonal matrix defined as

d i , j := { deg ⁡ ( v i ) if   i = j 0 otherwise

where the degree deg ⁡ ( v i ) of a vertex counts the number of times an edge terminates at that vertex. In an undirected graph, this means that each new loop increases the degree of a vertex by two. In a directed graph, the term degree may refer either to indegree (the number of incoming edges at each vertex) or outdegree (the number of outgoing edges at each vertex).

Properties

The degree matrix of a k-regular graph has a constant diagonal of k .

References

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