TopologicalSort[g]
gives a permutation of the vertices of the directed acyclic graph such that an edge
implies that vertex
appears before vertex
.


TopologicalSort
TopologicalSort[g]
gives a permutation of the vertices of the directed acyclic graph such that an edge
implies that vertex
appears before vertex
.
Details and Options
- TopologicalSort functionality is now available in the built-in Wolfram Language function TopologicalSort.
- To use TopologicalSort, you first need to load the Combinatorica Package using Needs["Combinatorica`"].
See Also
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Text
Wolfram Research (2012), TopologicalSort, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Combinatorica/ref/TopologicalSort.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2012. "TopologicalSort." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Combinatorica/ref/TopologicalSort.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2012). TopologicalSort. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Combinatorica/ref/TopologicalSort.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_topologicalsort, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TopologicalSort}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Combinatorica/ref/TopologicalSort.html}", note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_topologicalsort, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TopologicalSort}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Combinatorica/ref/TopologicalSort.html}, note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}