For any n ≥ 1 let Kn,n be the complete bipartite graph (V, E) where V = {xi : 1 ≤ i ≤ n} ∪ {yi : 1 ≤ i ≤ n} E = {{xi , yj} : 1 ≤ i ≤ n, 1 ≤ j ≤ n} (a) Prove that Kn,n is connected for all n ≤ 1. (b) For any n ≥ 3 find two subsets of edges E 0 ⊆ E and E 00 ⊆ E such that (V, E0 ) and (V, E00) are spanning trees which are not isomorphic.
For any n ≥ 1 let Kn,n be the complete bipartite graph (V, E) where V...
3. (a) Let Knbe the complete bipartite graph with n vertices in each part of its bipartition, where n 21. Determine the number of perfect matchings of Kn (b) A matching M in a graph Gis ca a mazimal matching if there exists no matching M' of G such that M is a proper subset of M' Prove that, for any graph G and any edges e,f of G which are not incident with a common vertex, there exists a...
Let G=(V, E) be a connected graph with a weight w(e) associated with each edge e. Suppose G has n vertices and m edges. Let E’ be a given subset of the edges of E such that the edges of E’ do not form a cycle. (E’ is given as part of input.) Design an O(mlogn) time algorithm for finding a minimum spanning tree of G induced by E’. Prove that your algorithm indeed runs in O(mlogn) time. A minimum...
Problem 8. (2+4+4 points each) A bipartite graph G = (V. E) is a graph whose vertices can be partitioned into two (disjoint) sets V1 and V2, such that every edge joins a vertex in V1 with a vertex in V2. This means no edges are within V1 or V2 (or symbolically: Vu, v E V1. {u, u} &E and Vu, v E V2.{u,v} &E). 8(a) Show that the complete graph K, is a bipartite graph. 8(b) Prove that no...
Prove that if you remove any n-2 edges from the complete graph Kn, the resulting graph is connected.
Problem 3's picture are given below. 5. (a) Let G = (V, E) be a weighted connected undirected simple graph. For n 1, let cycles in G. Modify {e1, e2,.. . ,en} be a subset of edges (from E) that includes no Kruskal's algorithm in order to obtain a spanning tree of G that is minimal among all the spanning trees of G that include the edges e1, e2, . . . , Cn. (b) Apply your algorithm in (a)...
Theorem 2.4 Every loopless graph G contains a spanning bipartite subgraph F such that dr(v) > zdo(v) for all v E V. Let e(F) be the number of edges in graph F and let e(G) be the number of edges in graph G. Deduce from Theorem 2.4 that every loopless graph G contains a spanning bipartite subgraph F with e(F) > ze(G).
Let G = (V, E) be a weighted undirected connected graph that contains a cycle. Let k ∈ E be the edge with maximum weight among all edges in the cycle. Prove that G has a minimum spanning tree NOT including k.
2. Let G = (V, E) be an undirected connected graph with n vertices and with an edge-weight function w : E → Z. An edge (u, v) ∈ E is sparkling if it is contained in some minimum spanning tree (MST) of G. The computational problem is to return the set of all sparkling edges in E. Describe an efficient algorithm for this computational problem. You do not need to use pseudocode. What is the asymptotic time complexity of...
1. Which complete bipartite graphs Km,n, where m and n are positive integers, are trees? Justify your answer 2. How many edges does a tree with 229 vertices have? Justify your answer.
e:= 3. (i) Let T = (V, E) be a graph. Prove that the following are equivalent: (a) T is maximally acyclic: T does not contain a cycle but, for any u tv in V with {u, v} not in E, the graph (V, E U{e}) does contain a cycle. (b) T is minimally connected: T is connected but, for any e E E, the graph (V, E {e}) is not connected. (ii) Suppose that I (V, E) is a...