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of a graph is the minimum number of colors needed to color its vertices in such a way that every two color classes together form a subgraph in which all connected components are stars. The graphs of
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A geometric realization of the star graph, formed by identifying the edges with intervals of some fixed length, is used as a local model of curves in
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is the minimum number of forests that a graph can be partitioned into such that each tree in each forest is a star, and the
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Stars may also be described as the only connected graphs in which at most one vertex has
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The set of distances between the vertices of a claw provides an example of a finite
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Hakimi, S. L.; Mitchem, J.; Schmeichel, E. E. (1996), "Star arboricity of graphs",
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are themselves isomorphic, with the exception of the claw and the triangle
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1 are exactly the graphs in which each connected component is a star.
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Gottlieb, J.; Julstrom, B. A.; Rothlauf, F.; Raidl, G. R. (2001).
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Tree graph with one central node and leaves of length 1
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Index

Star graph

Vertices
Edges
Diameter
Girth
Chromatic number
Chromatic index
Edge-transitive
Tree
Unit distance
Bipartite
Table of graphs and parameters
graph theory
complete bipartite graph
tree
order
diameter
edge-graceful
edge-transitive
matchstick graph
girth
chromatic index
chromatic number
degree
claw-free graphs
induced subgraph
Whitney graph isomorphism theorem
isomorphic
line graphs

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