Assuming that triadic closure holds, only two strong edges are required for a triple to form. Thus, the number of theoretical triples that should be present under the triadic closure hypothesis for a vertex <math>i</math> is <math>\tau (i) = \binom{d_i}{2}</math>, assuming <math>d_i \ge 2</math>. We can express <math>\tau (G) = \frac{1}{3} \sum_{i\in V} \ \tau (i)</math>. | Assuming that triadic closure holds, only two strong edges are required for a triple to form. Thus, the number of theoretical triples that should be present under the triadic closure hypothesis for a vertex <math>i</math> is <math>\tau (i) = \binom{d_i}{2}</math>, assuming <math>d_i \ge 2</math>. We can express <math>\tau (G) = \frac{1}{3} \sum_{i\in V} \ \tau (i)</math>. |