Formal Definition
Given a graph G, its line graph L(G) is a graph such that
- each vertex of L(G) represents an edge of G; and
- two vertices of L(G) are adjacent if and only if their corresponding edges share a common endpoint ("are adjacent") in G.
That is, it is the intersection graph of the edges of G, representing each edge by the set of its two endpoints.
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