Networks/graph theory

There are 45 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Networks/graph theory
Cube Net
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Cube Net

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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How many tours visit each vertex of a cube once and only once? How many return to the starting point?
The Bridges of Konigsberg
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The Bridges of Konigsberg

Age
11 to 18
Challenge level
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Investigate how networks can be used to solve a problem for the 18th Century inhabitants of Konigsberg.
Tourism
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Tourism

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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If you can copy a network without lifting your pen off the paper and without drawing any line twice, then it is traversable. Decide which of these diagrams are traversable.
Travelling Salesman
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Travelling Salesman

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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A Hamiltonian circuit is a continuous path in a graph that passes through each of the vertices exactly once and returns to the start. How many Hamiltonian circuits can you find in these graphs?
Hamilton's Puzzle
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Hamilton's Puzzle

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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I start my journey in Rio de Janeiro and visit all the cities as Hamilton described, passing through Canberra before Madrid, and then returning to Rio. What route could I have taken?
Königsberg
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Königsberg

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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Can you cross each of the seven bridges that join the north and south of the river to the two islands, once and once only, without retracing your steps?
Magic W Wrap Up
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Magic W Wrap Up

Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
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Prove that you cannot form a Magic W with a total of 12 or less or with a with a total of 18 or more.
Networks and Nodes
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Networks and Nodes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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Without taking your pencil off the paper or going over a line or passing through one of the points twice, can you follow each of the networks?
Only connect
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Only connect

Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
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The graph represents a salesman’s area of activity with the shops that the salesman must visit each day. What route around the shops has the minimum total distance?