Special Graphs

  1. A subgraph of a graph $G$ is a graph formed using a subset of the vertices and a subset of the edges of $G$.

    Meaning, to generate a subgraph of $G$, you would delete at least one of $G$'s edges or vertices.
    Removing the node 4, the edges connected to it, and one more edge {2, 3}.

    Removing the node $4$, the edges connected to it, and one more edge $\{2, 3\}$, create a subgraph (right) of $G$. Miriam Briskman, CC BY-NC 4.0.

    \documentclass[border=1pt]{standalone}
    \usepackage{tikz}
    
    \tikzset{
    vertex/.style={draw, circle, very thick, minimum size=1cm},
    edge/.style={very thick}
    }
    
    \begin{document}
    
    \begin{tikzpicture}
    
    \node[vertex] (1) at (0,0) {$1$};
    \node[vertex] (2) at (3,0) {$2$};
    \node[vertex] (3) at (1.5,2) {$3$};
    \node[vertex] (4) at (1.5,-2) {$4$};
    
    \draw[edge] (1) -- (2);
    \draw[edge] (2) -- (3);
    \draw[edge] (3) -- (1);
    \draw[edge] (1) -- (4);
    \draw[edge] (2) -- (4);
    
    \draw (4.5,2.5) -- (4.5,-2.5);
    
    \node[vertex] (5) at (6,0) {$1$};
    \node[vertex] (6) at (9,0) {$2$};
    \node[vertex] (7) at (7.5,2) {$3$};
    
    \draw[edge] (5) -- (6);
    \draw[edge] (7) -- (5);
    
    \end{tikzpicture}
    
    \end{document}