Last Updated: 4 Oct, 2016

Properties of MST in a Undirected Graph

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Problem statement

G = (V,E) is an undirected simple graph in which each edge has a distinct weight, and e is a particular edge of G. Which of the following statements about the minimum spanning trees (MSTs) of G is/are TRUE?

I. If e is the lightest edge of some cycle in G, then every MST of G includes e 
II. If e is the heaviest edge of some cycle in G, then every MST of G excludes e