Etymology

Grötzsch graph

Today it means: A triangle-free graph with 11 vertices, 20 edges, chromatic number 4, and crossing number 5. It is a member of an infinite sequence of triangle-free graphs, each the Mycielskian of the previous graph in the sequence. Full definition →

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The story

Named after German mathematician Herbert Grötzsch.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.