2 A simple graph is one in which any two vertices are directly connected by at most one arc and no vertex is directly connected to itself.
A connected graph is one in which every vertex is joined, directly or indirectly, to every other vertex.
A simply connected graph is one that is both simple and connected.
- Explain why it is impossible to draw a graph with exactly three vertices in which the vertex orders are 2, 3 and 4.
- Draw a graph with exactly four vertices of orders 1, 2, 3 and 4 that is neither simple nor connected.
- Explain why there is no simply connected graph with exactly four vertices of orders \(1,2,3\) and 4. State which of the properties 'simple' and 'connected' cannot be achieved.
- A simply connected Eulerian graph has exactly five vertices.
- Explain why there cannot be exactly three vertices of order 4.
- By considering the vertex orders, explain why there are only four such graphs. Draw an example of each.