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In [[mathematics]], '''connectedness'''<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/connectedness|title=the definition of connectedness|website=Dictionary.com|access-date=2016-06-15))</ref> is used to refer to various properties meaning, in some sense, "all one piece". When a mathematical object has such a property, we say it is '''connected'''; otherwise it is '''disconnected'''. When a disconnected object can be split naturally into connected pieces, each piece is usually called a ''component'' (or ''connected component'').

==Connectedness in topology==
((Main article|Connected space))

A [[topological space]] is said to be ''[[connected space|connected]]'' if it is not the union of two [[disjoint sets|disjoint]] nonempty [[open set]]s.<ref>((Cite book|title=Topology|last=Munkres|first=James|publisher=Pearson|year=2000|isbn=978-0131816299|pages=148))</ref> A [[Set (mathematics)|set]] is open if it contains no point lying on its [[boundary (topology)|boundary]]; thus, in an informal, intuitive sense, the fact that a space can be partitioned into disjoint open sets suggests that the boundary between the two sets is not part of the space, and thus splits it into two separate pieces.

==Other notions of connectedness==
Fields of mathematics are typically concerned with special kinds of objects. Often such an object is said to be ''connected'' if, when it is considered as a topological space, it is a connected space. Thus, [[manifold]]s, [[Lie group]]s, and [[graph (discrete mathematics)|graph]]s are all called ''connected'' if they are connected as topological spaces, and their components are the topological components. Sometimes it is convenient to restate the definition of connectedness in such fields. For example, a graph is said to be ''[[connected graph|connected]]'' if each pair of [[vertex (graph theory)|vertices]] in the graph is joined by a [[path (graph theory)|path]]. This definition is equivalent to the topological one, as applied to graphs, but it is easier to deal with in the context of [[graph theory]]. Graph theory also offers a context-free measure of connectedness, called the [[clustering coefficient]].

Other fields of mathematics are concerned with objects that are rarely considered as topological spaces. Nonetheless, definitions of ''connectedness'' often reflect the topological meaning in some way. For example, in [[category theory]], a [[category (mathematics)|category]] is said to be ''[[connected category|connected]]'' if each pair of objects in it is joined by a sequence of [[morphism]]s. Thus, a category is connected if it is, intuitively, all one piece.

There may be different notions of ''connectedness'' that are intuitively similar, but different as formally defined concepts. We might wish to call a topological space ''connected'' if each pair of points in it is joined by a [[path (topology)|path]]. However this condition turns out to be stronger than standard topological connectedness; in particular, there are connected topological spaces for which this property does not hold. Because of this, different terminology is used; spaces with this property are said to be ''[[path connected]]''. While not all connected spaces are path connected, all path connected spaces are connected.

Terms involving ''connected'' are also used for properties that are related to, but clearly different from, connectedness. For example, a path-connected topological space is ''[[simply connected space|simply connected]]'' if each loop (path from a point to itself) in it is [[contractible]]; that is, intuitively, if there is essentially only one way to get from any point to any other point. Thus, a [[sphere]] and a [[disk (mathematics)|disk]] are each simply connected, while a [[torus]] is not. As another example, a [[directed graph]] is ''[[strongly connected component|strongly connected]]'' if each [[ordered pair]] of vertices is joined by a [[directed path]] (that is, one that "follows the arrows").

Other concepts express the way in which an object is ''not'' connected. For example, a topological space is ''[[totally disconnected]]'' if each of its components is a single point.

==Connectivity==
((Main article|Connectivity (graph theory)))
Properties and parameters based on the idea of connectedness often involve the word ''connectivity''. For example, in [[graph theory]], a [[connected graph]] is one from which we must remove at least one vertex to create a disconnected graph.<ref>((Cite book|title=Graph Theory and Applications|last=Bondy|first=J.A.|last2=Murty|first2=U.S.R.|publisher=Elsevier Science Publishing Co.|year=1976|isbn=0444194517|location=New York, NY|pages=[https://archive.org/details/graphtheorywitha0000bond/page/42 42]|url=https://archive.org/details/graphtheorywitha0000bond/page/42))</ref> In recognition of this, such graphs are also said to be ''1-connected''. Similarly, a graph is ''2-connected'' if we must remove at least two vertices from it, to create a disconnected graph. A ''3-connected'' graph requires the removal of at least three vertices, and so on. The ''[[connectivity (graph theory)|connectivity]]'' of a graph is the minimum number of vertices that must be removed to disconnect it. Equivalently, the connectivity of a graph is the greatest integer ''k'' for which the graph is ''k''-connected.

While terminology varies, [[noun]] forms of connectedness-related properties often include the term ''connectivity''. Thus, when discussing simply connected topological spaces, it is far more common to speak of ''simple connectivity'' than ''simple connectedness''. On the other hand, in fields without a formally defined notion of ''connectivity'', the word may be used as a synonym for ''connectedness''.

Another example of connectivity can be found in regular tilings. Here, the connectivity describes the number of neighbors accessible from a single [[tile]]:
<gallery>
Image:Triangular_3_connectivity.svg|3-connectivity in a [[triangular tiling]],&nbsp;
Image:Square_4_connectivity.svg|[[4-connected graph|4-connectivity]] in a [[square tiling]],&nbsp;
Image:Hexagonal_connectivity.svg|6-connectivity in a [[hexagonal tiling]],&nbsp;
Image:Square_8_connectivity.svg|[[8-connectivity]] in a [[square tiling]] (note that distance equality is not kept)
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[connected space]]
*[[connected category]]
*[[connected component (graph theory)]]
*[[connected sum]]
*[[cross-link]]
*[[network (mathematics)|network]]
*[[Scale-free network]]
*[[simply connected]]
*[[small-world network]]
*[[strongly connected component]]
*[[totally disconnected]]

==References==
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