| ancestors(G, source) | Return all nodes having a path to in G. |
| descendants(G, source) | Return all nodes reachable from in G. |
| topological_sort(G[, nbunch]) | Return a list of nodes in topological sort order. |
| topological_sort_recursive(G[, nbunch]) | Return a list of nodes in topological sort order. |
| is_directed_acyclic_graph(G) | Return True if the graph G is a directed acyclic graph (DAG) or |
| is_aperiodic(G) | Return True if G is aperiodic. |