
A complete graph is a graph in which each pair of graph vertices is connected by an edge. The complete graph with
graph vertices is denoted
and has
(the triangular numbers) undirected edges, where
is a binomial coefficient. In older literature, complete graphs are sometimes called universal graphs.




The complete graph on
nodes is implemented in the Wolfram Language as CompleteGraph[n]. Precomputed properties are available using GraphData[
"Complete", n
]. A graph may be tested to see if it is complete in the Wolfram Language using the function CompleteGraphQ[g].



The complete graph on 0 nodes is a trivial graph known as the null graph, while the complete graph on 1 node is a trivial graph known as the singleton graph.
In the 1890s, Walecki showed that complete graphs
admit a Hamilton decomposition for odd
, and decompositions into Hamiltonian cycles plus a perfect matching for even
(Lucas 1892, Bryant 2007, Alspach 2008). Alspach et al. (1990) give a construction for Hamilton decompositions of all
.




The graph complement of the complete graph
is the empty graph on
nodes.
has graph genus
for
(Ringel and Youngs 1968; Harary 1994, p. 118), where
is the ceiling function.



![[(n-3)(n-4)/12]](http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/CompleteGraph/Inline17.gif)

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The adjacency matrix
of the complete graph
takes the particularly simple form of all 1s with 0s on the diagonal, i.e., the unit matrix minus the identity matrix,


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The chromatic polynomial
of
is given by the falling factorial
. The independence polynomial is given by



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and the matching polynomial by
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The chromatic number and clique number of
are
. The automorphism group of the complete graph
is the symmetric group
(Holton and Sheehan 1993, p. 27). The numbers of graph cycles in the complete graph
for
, 4, ... are 1, 7, 37, 197, 1172, 8018 ... (OEIS A002807). These numbers are given analytically by






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where
is a binomial coefficient and
is a generalized hypergeometric function (Char 1968, Holroyd and Wingate 1985).


It is not known in general if a set of trees with 1, 2, ...,
graph edges can always be packed into
. However, if the choice of trees is restricted to either the path or star from each family, then the packing can always be done (Zaks and Liu 1977, Honsberger 1985).


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