(algorithmic technique)
Definition: To differentiate parts of a structure, such as a graph, which locally look the same to all vertices. Usually implemented with randomization.
Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 47-40, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.
Author: CRC-A
If you have suggestions, corrections, or comments, please get in touch with Paul E. Black.
Entry modified Mon Apr 19 14:57:26 2004.
HTML page formatted Wed Oct 26 09:48:15 2005.
Cite this as:
Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, CRC Press LLC, 1999, "symmetry breaking", from
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures, Paul E. Black, ed.,
NIST.
http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/symmetrybrek.html
