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Hypergraphs: Basic Concepts

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Hypergraph Theory

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View the significant developments of combinatoric thanks to computer science [And89, LW01], hypergraphs are increasingly important in science and engineering. Hypergraphs are a generalization of graphs, hence many of the definitions of graphs carry verbatim to hypergraphs. In this chapter we introduce basic notions about hypergraphs. Most of the vocabulary used in this book is given here and most of this one is a generalization of graphs languages [LvGCWS12].

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  1. Computer Science Department, Universite de Caen, GREYC-CNRS UMR 6072, 14032, Caen, France

    Alain Bretto

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Bretto, A. (2013). Hypergraphs: Basic Concepts. In: Hypergraph Theory. Mathematical Engineering. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00080-0_1

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