Star Configuration

Figure 9.2: A star configuration with $N=5$.

Table 9.2: Connection table for the star configuration in Fig. 9.2.

bond index $i$	$\alpha_{i}$	$\beta_{i}$
0	0	1
1	0	2
2	0	3
3	0	4

Figure 9.2 shows another example forming a star configuration with $N=5$ and $N_{b} = 4$, that is, all the bonds are independent. The connection table is given by Table 9.2.