Compute.is_triangle()#

relationalai.std.graphs
#Compute.is_triangle(node1: Producer, node2: Producer, node3: Producer) -> Expression

Check that three nodes form a triangle in the graph. node1, node2, and node3 form a triangle if there is an edge from node1 to node2, from node2 to node3, and from node3 to node1. Must be called in a rule or query context.

Supported Graph Types#

Graph TypeSupportedNotes
DirectedYes
UndirectedYes
WeightedYesWeights are ignored.
UnweightedYes

Parameters#

NameTypeDescription
node1ProducerA node in the graph.
node2ProducerA node in the graph.
node3ProducerA node in the graph.

Returns#

Returns an Expression object that produces True if the node1, node2, and node3 form a triangle, and False otherwise.

Example#

Use .is_triangle() to check if three nodes form a triangle in a graph. You access the .is_triangle() method from a Graph object’s .compute attribute:

#import relationalai as rai
from relationalai.std.graphs import Graph

# Create a model named "socialNetwork" with a Person type
model = rai.Model("socialNetwork")
Person = model.Type("Person")

# Add some people to the model and connect them with a multi-valued `follows` property.
with model.rule():
    alice = Person.add(name="Alice")
    bob = Person.add(name="Bob")
    charlie = Person.add(name="Charlie")
    diana = Person.add(name="Diana")
    alice.follows.add(bob)
    bob.follows.add(charlie)
    charlie.follows.extend([alice, diana])

# Create a directed graph with Person nodes and edges between followers.
# Note that graphs are directed by Default.
# This graph has edges from Alice to Bob, Bob to Charlie, Charlie to Alice, and Charlie to Diana.
graph = Graph(model)
graph.Node.extend(Person)
graph.Edge.extend(Person.follows)

# Do Alice, Bob, and Charlie form a triangle?
with model.query() as select:
    is_triangle = graph.compute.is_triangle(
        Person(name="Alice"),
        Person(name="Bob"),
        Person(name="Charlie")
    )
    response = select(is_triangle)

print(response.results)
# Output:
#       v
# 0  True

# Do Alice, Bob, and Diana form a triangle?
with model.query() as select:
    is_triangle = graph.compute.is_triangle(
        Person(name="Alice"),
        Person(name="Bob"),
        Person(name="Diana")
    )
    response = select(is_triangle)

print(response.results)
# Output:
#        v
# 0  False

You can also use .is_triangle() in a rule to filter out nodes that do not form a triangle:

## Find all nodes that form a triangle
with model.query() as select:
    # Get triples of Person objects.
    person1, person2, person3 = Person(), Person(), Person()
    # Filter triples based on whether they form a triangle.
    graph.compute.is_triangle(person1, person2, person3)
    # Select the names of people that form triangles.
    response = select(person1.name, person2.name, person3.name)

print(response.results)
# Output:
#       name    name2    name3
# 0    Alice      Bob  Charlie
# 1      Bob  Charlie    Alice
# 2  Charlie    Alice      Bob

The output has three rows, but each row is a permutation of the same three nodes. To get unique triples of nodes that form triangles, use .triangle().

See Also#