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In mathematics, Cayley's formula is a result in graph theory named after Arthur Cayley. It states that for every positive integer ''n'', the number of trees on ''n'' labeled vertices is . The formula equivalently counts the number of spanning trees of a complete graph with labeled vertices . ==Proof== Many remarkable proofs of Cayley's tree formula are known. One classical proof of the formula uses Kirchhoff's matrix tree theorem, a formula for the number of spanning trees in an arbitrary graph involving the determinant of a matrix. Prüfer sequences yield a bijective proof of Cayley's formula. Another bijective proof, by André Joyal, finds a one-to-one transformation between ''n''-node trees with two distinguished nodes and maximal directed pseudoforests. A proof by double counting due to Jim Pitman counts in two different ways the number of different sequences of directed edges that can be added to an empty graph on n vertices to form from it a rooted tree; see Double counting (proof technique)#Counting trees. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cayley's formula」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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