To determine If a graph contains a circuit that starts and ends at a vertex v, does the graph contain a simple circuit that starts and ends at v? Why?
To determine If a graph contains a circuit that starts and ends at a vertex v, does the graph contain a simple circuit that starts and ends at v? Why?
Database System Concepts
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Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
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To determine
If a graph contains a circuit that starts and ends at a vertex v, does
the graph contain a simple circuit that starts and ends at v? Why?
Answer to Problem 48ES
Yes
Explanation of Solution
Given information: A graph contains a circuit that starts and ends
at a vertex v.
Calculation:
Let vejvjezv.v-Je,v be a circuit that starts and ends at vertex v in
some graph G (for some positive integer n ).
If the circuit vejvje2v2..Vn–1enV contains no repeated vertices, then
the circuit vej vie2v2...Vn–1Env is a simple circuit as well.
If vejvjezv2..Vn-1enV contains some repeated vertex
Vị = vị (1 < ij <n- 1 with i + j), then we remove the part of the
circuit between these two vertices. the resulting path will still be a
circuit, because the circuit will still contain at least one edge and
will still contain no repeated edges. repeat this procedure until the
resulting circuit contains no more repeated vertex and the
resulting circuit then is a simple circuit.
We then note that the graph needs to contain a simple circuit that
starts and ends at v.
Vi+1
.....
Vn-1
Vi+1
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