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radius -- Returns the radius of a graph

Synopsis

Description

The radius of a graph is defined to be the minimum of the eccentricities of the vertexSet, i.e, the smallest number k such that for some vertex v, the distance between v and another vertex is less than or equal to k.

i1 : radius completeGraph 5

o1 = 1
i2 : radius pathGraph 5

o2 = 2
i3 : radius graphLibrary "dart"

o3 = 1

See also

Ways to use radius :

For the programmer

The object radius is a method function.