Fractal graphs (fractal)

67 teams scored 4470 points on this task, for a maximum score of 100, an average score of 67 and a median score of 90.

Highlights

  1. I.S. Fermi MN, Mantova is the institute with the most points (270).
  2. Lombardia is the region with the most points (1240).

Statement

After Edoardo accidentally found Giorgio working on fractals (amazing mathematical shapes with recursive definitions), he decided to do something similar… but in a somewhat more computer science fashion. After days of excruciating research, he finally discovered the fractal graphs G_N! The first member of this family of graphs, is a mathematical object consisting of a set V of nodes (unlabelled points) and a set E of edges (undirected links between couple of points), so that E ⊆ V × V. G_0, is very simple: a single node without any edges. After that, the graphs quickly grow in complexity as N increases. More precisely, each fractal graph G_N for N>0 is obtained from its predecessor G_N-1 by adding: (1) A triangle T for every node v in G_N-1, so that one of the nodes of T is v and the other nodes and edges are new...