Average Vertex Degree of Connected Graphs

Although simple, the average vertex degree of a connected graph is quite interesting. For example, in graphs where the vertex degree

K

is constant, the number of nodes reached by extending out

r

nodes from a single node is

K

r

. For graphs where the vertex degrees are not all the same, and taking all vertices into account, the value of

A

r

, where

A

is the average vertex degree, provides another similar perspective.

John Cicilio