Redundant Connection - I

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Problem statement

You are given a graph that started as a tree with ‘N’ nodes (with distinct values 1, 2, ..., N), with one additional edge added. The added edge has two different vertices chosen from 1 to N and was not an edge that already existed. The resulting graph is given as a 2D-array of edges ARR of size NX2. Each element of edges is a pair [u, v] with u < v, which represents an undirected edge connecting nodes u and v.

For the given graph you are required to find an edge that can be removed such that the graph becomes a tree of N nodes.

Example:

 Let’s say we have 3 edges that are {1 , 2} , {1 , 3} and {2 , 3}. So 
 the resulting graph from these edges will be :
      1
     / \
    2 - 3

If we remove the edge {2, 3} then the resulting graph will be a tree with N nodes.
Detailed explanation ( Input/output format, Notes, Images )
Input format:
The very first line of input contains an integer ‘T’ denoting the number of test cases. 

The first line of every test case contains an integer ‘N’ denoting the number of nodes of the graph.

The second line of every test case contains a 2d array 'ARR' of NX2 size, which contains N edges of the graph.
Output format:
For each test case, return that single edge that if removed, the resulting graph will be a tree of N nodes.


Output for each test case is printed on a separate line.
Note:
You do not need to print anything, it has already been taken care of. Just return an edge that can be removed so that the resulting graph is a tree of N nodes.

If there are multiple answers, return the answer that occurs last in the given 2D array ARR of size NX2. The answer edge [u, v] should be in the same format, with u < v.
Constraints:
1 <= T <= 10
3 <= N <= 10^3
1 <= ARR[i] <= N

Time Limit: 1 sec
Sample Input 1:
2
3
1 2
1 3
2 3
3
1 2
2 3
1 3
Sample Output 1:
2 3
1 3  
Explanation 1:
For the first test case, 
It is already explained above in the example.

For the second test case, 
Let’s say we have 3 edges that are {1 , 2} , {2 , 3} and {1 , 3}. So 
the resulting graph from these edges will be :
      2
     / \
    1 - 3

So here, unlike the previous example If we remove the edge {1, 3} which is the last occurring edge for the graph above only then the would resulting graph become a tree with N nodes.
Sample Input 2:
2
5
1 2
2 3
3 4
1 4
1 5
4
1 2
1 3
3 4
1 4
Sample Output 2:
 1 4
 1 4
Hint

Try to solve the problem by depth-first search. Also, keep in mind that the tree will have only one connected component.

Approaches (2)
Bruteforce Approach

Approach:

 

  • This is basically the brute force approach.
  • The idea is to use one edge less from the end each time and to check whether it can make the graph to break into two connected components.
  • Also for ease, we can store the edges in zero-based indexing.

 

Algorithm:

 

  • Take an integer variable ‘N’  equal to the size of the edges array ‘ARR’.
  • Also, store the value of ‘N’ into ‘M’
  • Now till N not equal to 1 do the following steps:
    • Create an Adjacency list ‘ADJ’.
    • Iterate over the edges array ‘ARR’ from i=0 to i=M and each time take one edge less from the end that is if i == N-1 do not push that edge in the Adjacency list otherwise push all the edges in the adjacency list.
    • Now decrement N by one.
    • Now call the depth-first search on the Adjacency list ‘ADJ’ to count the number of connected components.
    • If connected components = 1 then return the edge {ARR[N][0] , ARR[N][1]};
  • If no edge is returned from the above operations return {0, 0} i.e empty vector.
Time Complexity

 O(N^2), Where ‘N’ is the number of nodes in the graph.  

 

Traversing over the array of edges will take O(N) time and calling depth-first search on the graph every time with one edge less will take O(N^2) time. Thus total time complexity will be  O(N^2) time.

Space Complexity

O(N), Where ‘N’ is the number of nodes in the graph. 

 

Since we are forming the adjacency list with atmost ‘N’ nodes.

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