Graphs have an order equal to the number of vertices that they contain.
The size of a graph is equal to the number of edges.
Complete graphs have the maximum size for a given order, without loops. For a graph of order the maximum size will be
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The degree of a vertex is equal to the number of edges that enter or leave it.
The maximum vertex degree for a given order, , of graph without loops, is
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The sum of vertex degrees will be double the size of the graph as each edge has two ends. Consequently a graph cannot have an odd number of vertices with an odd degree.