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edge contraction

operation that removes an edge from a graph and combines its endpoints into a single vertex
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edge contraction

Summary

edge contraction is a graph operation[1]. It draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (graph_operation category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • edge contraction's image is recorded as Edge contraction with multiple edges.svg[3].
  • edge contraction's instance of is recorded as graph operation[4].
  • edge contraction's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09zdcn[5].
  • edge contraction's MathWorld ID is recorded as EdgeContraction[6].
  • edge contraction's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[7].
  • edge contraction's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 204562854[8].
  • edge contraction's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:Edge_Contraction[9].
  • edge contraction's PlanetMath ID is recorded as Edgecontraction[10].
  • edge contraction's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C204562854[11].
  • edge contraction's Lexikon der Mathematik entry ID is recorded as 5475[12].
  • edge contraction's Lexikon der Mathematik entry ID is recorded as 11930[13].

Why It Matters

edge contraction draws 52 Wikipedia views per month (graph_operation category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_edge-contraction_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{edge contraction}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/edge-contraction}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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