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Adjacency matrix is a square matrix used to represent a finite graph. The elements of the matrix indicate whether pairs of vertices are adjacent or not in the graph. In an adjacency matrix, rows and columns represent vertices, and the value at the intersection of a row and column indicates whether the corresponding vertices are connected by an edge.

If the graph is undirected, the adjacency matrix is symmetric, meaning that the element at the i-th row and j-th column is the same as the element at the j-th row and i-th column. For a directed graph, the adjacency matrix is not necessarily symmetric, as the presence of an edge from vertex i to vertex j does not imply the presence of an edge from vertex j to vertex i.

The adjacency matrix can be used to perform various operations on graphs, such as finding the shortest path between two vertices, detecting cycles, and determining the connectivity of the graph. It is also used in algorithms for graph theory, such as depth-first search and breadth-first search.

The adjacency matrix has a time complexity of O(V^2) for storage, where V is the number of vertices in the graph. This makes it less efficient for sparse graphs, where the number of edges is much smaller than the number of possible edges. In such cases, alternative representations like adjacency lists may be more appropriate.

Adjacency matrices are widely used in computer science, particularly in fields such as network analysis, social network analysis, and database management. They provide a straightforward way to model and analyze relationships between entities.