Zero Forcing Laboratory

One rule: a black vertex with a single white neighbor forces it black. Watch the spark spread.
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Graph

Tool

Click a vertex to make it a starting spark (black). Click again to unset.

How the rule works

A black vertex forces its neighbor only when that neighbor is its one and only white neighbor. Two white neighbors → it's stuck. Press Play to run the cascade in synchronous rounds; freshly forced vertices flash red.
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