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<div><h1>randomGraph -- returns a random graph</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>G = randomGraph(R,d)</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>R</tt>, <span>a <a href="../../Macaulay2Doc/html/___Polynomial__Ring.html">polynomial ring</a></span>, which gives the vertex set of <tt>G</tt></span></li>
<li><span><tt>d</tt>, <span>an <a href="../../Macaulay2Doc/html/___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span>, the number of edges in <tt>G</tt></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><tt>G</tt>, <span>a <a href="___Graph.html">graph</a></span>, a graph with <tt>d</tt> edges on vertex set determined by <tt>R</tt></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><div>This function allows one to create a graph on an underlying vertex set with a given number of randomly chosen edges.</div>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : R = QQ[x_1..x_9];</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : randomGraph(R,4)
o2 = Graph{edges => {{x , x }, {x , x }, {x , x }, {x , x }}}
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ring => R
vertices => {x , x , x , x , x , x , x , x , x }
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o2 : Graph</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : randomGraph(R,4)
o3 = Graph{edges => {{x , x }, {x , x }, {x , x }, {x , x }}}
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ring => R
vertices => {x , x , x , x , x , x , x , x , x }
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o3 : Graph</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_random__Uniform__Hyper__Graph.html" title="returns a random uniform hypergraph">randomUniformHyperGraph</a> -- returns a random uniform hypergraph</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_random__Hyper__Graph.html" title="returns a random hypergraph">randomHyperGraph</a> -- returns a random hypergraph</span></li>
<li><span><a href="___Constructor_sp__Overview.html" title="a summary of the many ways of making graphs and hypergraphs">Constructor Overview</a> -- a summary of the many ways of making graphs and hypergraphs</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>randomGraph</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li>randomGraph(PolynomialRing,ZZ)</li>
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