graph_clique_number#
- graph_clique_number(G, cliques=None)[source]#
Returns the clique number of the graph.
The clique number of a graph is the size of the largest clique in the graph.
- Parameters:
- GNetworkX graph
An undirected graph.
- cliqueslist
A list of cliques, each of which is itself a list of nodes. If not specified, the list of all cliques will be computed, as by
find_cliques().
- Returns:
- int
The size of the largest clique in
G.
Notes
You should provide
cliquesif you have already computed the list of maximal cliques, in order to avoid an exponential time search for maximal cliques.