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What is the difference between these fundamental types?
In drawings I see that the directed has arrows, but what exactly is meant by these arrows in the directed graph and the lack thereof in the undirected graph?
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An undirected graph is graph, i.e., a set of objects (called vertices or nodes) that are connected together, where all the edges are bidirectional. An undirected graph is sometimes called an undirected network. In contrast, a graph where the edges point in a direction is called a directed graph.
The adjacency matrix of a simple labeled graph is the matrix A with A[[i,j]] or 0 according to whether the vertex vj, is adjacent to the vertex vj or not. For simple graphs without self-loops, the adjacency matrix has 0 s on the diagonal. For undirected graphs, the adjacency matrix is symmetric.
An undirected graph is a set of nodes and a set of links between the nodes. Each node is called a vertex, each link is called an edge, and each edge connects two vertices. The order of the two connected vertices is unimportant. An undirected graph is a finite set of vertices together with a finite set of edges.
A directed graph (or digraph) is a set of nodes connected by edges, where the edges have a direction associated with them. For example, an arc (x, y) is considered to be directed from x to y, and the arc (y, x) is the inverted link. Y is a direct successor of x, and x is a direct predecessor of y.
It means exactly what it sounds like. In a directed graph, direction matters. i.e. edge 2->3 means that edge is directed. There is only an edge from 2 to 3 and no edge from 3 to 2. Therefore you can go from vertex 2 to vertex 3 but not from 3 to 2.
In undirected graph 2-3 means the edge has no direction, i.e. 2-3 means you can go both from 2 to 3 and 3 to 2.
Note that in the representation of your graph, if you are using an adjacency matrix, directed 2->3 means adj[2][3]=true but adj[3][2]=false. In undirected it means adj[2][3]=adj[3][2]=true.
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The difference is the same as between one directional and bidirectional streets - in directed graph, the direction matters and you can't use the edge in the other direction. An undirected graph can be simulated using a directed graph by using pairs of edges in both directions.
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