Example 1:
S = 4, 3, 3, 3, 1
Where n = 5 (no. of vertices)
Step 1. Degree of all vertices is less than or equal to n ( no.of vertices)
Step 2. Odd number vertices are four.
Step 3. There is no degree less than zero.
Step 4. Remove ‘4’ from the sequence and subtract 1 from the remaining new sequence and arrange again in non-increasing order to get
S = 2,2,2,0
Step 5. Again remove ‘2 ‘ from the sequence and subtracting 1 from the remaining new sequence and arrange in non-increasing order we get
S= 1,1,0
Repeating the above step
S= 0,0
Step 6. Since all the deg remaining in the sequence is zero, the given sequence is graphical.
Example 2:
Consider the degree sequence: S = 7, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Where n = 8 (no. of vertices)
Step 1. Degree of all vertices is less than or equal to n ( no.of vertices)
Step 2. Odd number vertices are four.
Step 3. There is no degree less than zero.
Step 4. Remove ‘7’ from the sequence and subtract 1 from the remaining new sequence and arrange again in non-increasing order to get
S = 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2
Step 5. Now remove the first ‘4 ‘ from the sequence and subtract 1 from the remaining new sequence to get:
S = 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2
rearrange in non-increasing order to get:
S = 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2
Repeating the above step we get following degree sequences:
S = 2, 2, 2, 1, 1
S = 1, 1, 1, 1
S = 1, 1, 0
S = 0, 0
Step 6. Since all the deg remaining in the sequence is zero, the given sequence is graphical (or in other words, it is possible to construct a simple graph from the given degree sequence).