How can we improve the following sentence?

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How can we improve the following sentence?

Let $G$ be a planar graph with $n$ vertices with minimum degree $5$ with diameter two where $n$ is odd.

Firstly, I realized that I used "with" three in a row, so I made a modification by changing one of them to "of".

Let $G$ be a planar graph with $n$ vertices of minimum degree $5$ with diameter two where $n$ is odd.

However, I still believe that there's room for improvement such as the sentence is too long and feels quite cumbersome.

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It often helps to break up sentences. Also, in this particular case, the sentence is ambiguous because you've separated the definition of $n$ from a qualification about $n$. Are you saying that $G$ has an odd number of vertices and all of them have degree at least $5$? Or are you saying that $G$ can have any number of vertices but that an odd number of them have degree at least $5$?

Assuming the former meaning is intended, I'd write it like this:

Let $G$ be a planar graph with an odd number of vertices, $n$, and diameter $2$. Assume each vertex has degree at least $5$.

If the latter meaning is intended, I'd write it like this:

Let $G$ be a planar graph of diameter $2$. Assume that an odd number, $n$, of the vertices of $G$ have degree at least $5$.