Complete Matching
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Is a matching where every node in the graph is incident to exactly one edge in the matching.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node (l1) [draw, circle] {}; \node (r1) [draw, circle, right=of l1] {};
\node (l2) [draw, circle, below=of l1] {}; \node (r2) [draw, circle, below=of r1, right=of l2] {};
\node (l3) [draw, circle, below=of l2] {}; \node (r3) [draw, circle, below=of r2, right=of l3] {};
\node (l4) [draw, circle, below=of l3] {}; \node (r4) [draw, circle, below=of r3, right=of l4] {};
\node (l5) [draw, circle, below=of l4] {}; \node (r5) [draw, circle, below=of r4, right=of l5] {};
\draw [color=red]
(l1) -- (r1)
(l2) -- (r2)
(l3) -- (r3)
(l4) -- (r4)
(l5) -- (r5);
\draw [color=black!30!white]
(l1) -- (r2)
(l2) -- (r3)
(l3) -- (r4)
(l3) -- (r5)
(l4) -- (r5);
\end{tikzpicture}
\caption{An example of a complete matching with the red lines showing the edges
included in the matching and the grey-lines showing the edges excluded from the
matching but still visible in the base graph \( G \).}
\end{figure}