How to Find the Number of Perfect Matchings in Complete Graphs

graph theory

In wikipedia FKT algorithm is given for planar graphs. Not anything for complete graphs. I need to find the number of perfect matchings in complete graph of six vertices.

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It's just the number of ways of partitioning the six vertices into three sets of two vertices each, right? So that's 15; vertex 1 can go with any of the 5 others, then choose one of the 4 remaining, it can go with any of three others, then there are no more choices to make. $5\times3=15$.

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