How Many Substructures Can Be Found in Complete Graphs K_n?

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The discussion focuses on determining the number of subgraphs in a complete graph denoted as K_n, which consists of n vertices. Participants clarify that the inquiry pertains to subgraphs, leading to the conclusion that the number of subgraphs corresponds to the number of subsets of the n vertices. This is established by the combinatorial principle that each vertex can either be included or excluded from a subset, resulting in 2^n possible combinations.

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If we have K_n denote the complete graph on n vertices, can anyone explain to me how to know how many substructures does K_n have?
 
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sara15 said:
If we have K_n denote the complete graph on n vertices, can anyone explain to me how to know how many substructures does K_n have?

Do you mean how many sub graphs does it have? If so, how many subsets of n verticies is there?
 
Robert1986 said:
Do you mean how many sub graphs does it have? If so, how many subsets of n verticies is there?

yes it means a subgraph
 

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