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Proving connectedness.

Prove that if G is a disconnected graph, the complement graph G^G is connected, and in fact, diam(G^)<=2.


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A proof is offered for the following statement: If G is a disconnected graph, the complement graph G^G is connected, and in fact, diam(G^)<=2.

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