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tag: 1MREFTVT4T
kind: concept
name: Absorbing
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:325802@r1373839425
    locator: Glossary of graph theory, section A
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/325802#QV37
    sections: [Summary]
inventory: [7T99DEW6XV]
---

## Summary

An absorbing set $A$ of a directed graph $G$ is a set of vertices such that for any vertex $v \in G \setminus A$, there is an edge from $v$ towards a vertex of $A$.