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feedback vertex set

a set of vertices in a node-link graph whose deletion eliminates all cycles in the graph
Thing computational_problem Q1400918
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feedback vertex set

Summary

feedback vertex set is a computational problem[1]. It draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (computational_problem category, ranking #32 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • feedback vertex set's instance of is recorded as computational problem[3].
  • feedback vertex set's part of is recorded as Karp's 21 NP-complete problems[4].
  • feedback vertex set's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/061sy6[5].
  • feedback vertex set's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as feedbackVertexSet[6].
  • feedback vertex set's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 28723256[7].
  • feedback vertex set's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C28723256[8].
  • feedback vertex set's computational complexity is recorded as NP-complete[9].

Why It Matters

feedback vertex set draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (computational_problem category, ranking #32 of 61).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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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] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Reducibility among combinatorial problems. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). feedback vertex set. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/feedback-vertex-set
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_feedback-vertex-set_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{feedback vertex set}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/feedback-vertex-set}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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