Biconnected Graph - Definition

Definition

A biconnected undirected graph is a connected graph that is not broken into disconnected pieces by deleting any single vertex (and its incident edges).

A biconnected directed graph is one such that for any two vertices v and w there are two directed paths from v to w which have no vertices in common other than v and w.

Nonseparable (or 2-connected) graphs (or blocks) with n nodes (sequence A002218 in OEIS)
Vertices Number of Possibilities
1 0
2 1
3 1
4 3
5 10
6 56
7 468
8 7123
9 194066
10 9743542
11 900969091
12 153620333545
13 48432939150704
14 28361824488394169
15 30995890806033380784
16 63501635429109597504951
17 244852079292073376010411280
18 1783160594069429925952824734641
19 24603887051350945867492816663958981

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