DISCRETE MATHEMATICS LOOSELEAF
DISCRETE MATHEMATICS LOOSELEAF
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Chapter 11.1, Problem 47E
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What is wrong with the following “proof” using mathematicalinduction of the statement that every tree with nvertices has a path of length n - 1.

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4. In answering the questions below, you will prove the statement Statement. For all positive integers n, every tree with n exactly n vertices has exactly n 1 edges. We will prove this by induction. So let P(n) be the statement 'every tree with exactly n vertices has exactly n 1 edges'. (a) Prove the base case. (b) In the following, assume P(k) is true for some k ≥ 1; that is, every tree with exactly k vertices has exactly k − 1 edges. We will show that P(k+ 1) is true. So assume G is a tree with exactly k+1 vertices (so G has at least two vertices). We will show that G has exactly k edges. - i. I claim G has a leaf. Explain why. ii. Let v be a leaf in G. Form a new graph G' by deleing G v from G. Is G′ a tree? Why or why not? (use the definition to answer this). iii. Use G' to prove that G has exactly k edges.

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Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 1ECh. 11.1 - Vhich of these graphs are trees?Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 3ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 4ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 5ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 6ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 7ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 8ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 9ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 10E
Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 11ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 12ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 13ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 14ECh. 11.1 - Let G he a simple graph with n vertices. Show that...Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 16ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 17ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 18ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 19ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 20ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 21ECh. 11.1 - A chain letter starts when a person sends a letter...Ch. 11.1 - A chain letter starts with a person sending a...Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 24ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 25ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 26ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 27ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 28ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 29ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 30ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 31ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 32ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 33ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 34ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 35ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 36ECh. 11.1 - Letnbe a power of 2. Show thatnnumbers can be...Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 38ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 39ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 40ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 41ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 42ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 43ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 44ECh. 11.1 - Draw the first seven rooted Fibonacci trees.Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 46ECh. 11.1 - Prob. 47ECh. 11.1 - Show that the average depth of a leaf in a binary...Ch. 11.2 - Build a binary search tree for the...Ch. 11.2 - Build a binary search tree for the words oenology,...Ch. 11.2 - How many comparisons are needed to locate or to...Ch. 11.2 - How many comparisons are needed to locate or to...Ch. 11.2 - Using alphabetical order, construct a binary...Ch. 11.2 - How many weighings of a balance scale are needed...Ch. 11.2 - How many weighings of a balance scale are needed...Ch. 11.2 - How many weighings of a balance scale are needed...Ch. 11.2 - How many weighings of a balance scale are needed...Ch. 11.2 - One of four coins may be counterfeit. If it is...Ch. 11.2 - Find the least number of comparisons needed to...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 12ECh. 11.2 - The tournament sort is a sorting algorithm that...Ch. 11.2 - The tournament sort is a sorting algorithm that...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 15ECh. 11.2 - Prob. 16ECh. 11.2 - Prob. 17ECh. 11.2 - The tournament sort is a sorting algorithm that...Ch. 11.2 - The tournament sort is a sorting algorithm that...Ch. 11.2 - The tournament sort is a sorting algorithm that...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 21ECh. 11.2 - The tournament sort is a sorting algorithm that...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 23ECh. 11.2 - The tournament sort is a sorting algorithm that...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 25ECh. 11.2 - The tournament sort is a sorting algorithm that...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 27ECh. 11.2 - Prob. 28ECh. 11.2 - Suppose thatmis a positive integer with m>2An...Ch. 11.2 - Suppose that m is a positive integer with m>2 An...Ch. 11.2 - Suppose that m is a positive integer withm= 2. An...Ch. 11.2 - Suppose thatmis a positive integer withm= 2....Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 33ECh. 11.2 - Prob. 34ECh. 11.2 - Suppose that m is a positive integer with m>2 An...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 36ECh. 11.2 - Suppose that m is a positive integer with m>2 An...Ch. 11.2 - Suppose that m is a positive integer with m>2 An...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 39ECh. 11.2 - Suppose that m is a positive integer withm= 2. An...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 41ECh. 11.2 - Suppose that m is a positive integer with m>2 An...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 43ECh. 11.2 - Prob. 44ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 1ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 2ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 3ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 4ECh. 11.3 - Suppose that the vertex with the largest address...Ch. 11.3 - Prob. 6ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 7ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 8ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 9ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 10ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 11ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 12ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 13ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 14ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 15ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 16ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 17ECh. 11.3 - a) Represent the compound propositionsandusing...Ch. 11.3 - a) Represent(AB)(A(BA))using an ordered rooted...Ch. 11.3 - In how many ways can the stringbe fully...Ch. 11.3 - In how many ways can the stringbe fully...Ch. 11.3 - Draw the ordered rooted tree corresponding to each...Ch. 11.3 - What is the value of each of these prefix...Ch. 11.3 - What is the value of each of these postfix...Ch. 11.3 - Prob. 25ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 26ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 27ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 28ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 29ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 30ECh. 11.3 - Show that any well-formed formula in prefix...Ch. 11.3 - Prob. 32ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 33ECh. 11.3 - Prob. 34ECh. 11.4 - How many edges must be removed from a connected...Ch. 11.4 - Prob. 2ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 3ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 4ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 5ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 6ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 7ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 8ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 9ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 10ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 11ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 12ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 13ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 14ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 15ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 16ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 17ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 18ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 19ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 20ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 21ECh. 11.4 - Describe the tree produced by breadth-first search...Ch. 11.4 - Prob. 23ECh. 11.4 - Explain how breadth-first search or depth-first...Ch. 11.4 - Prob. 25ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 26ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 27ECh. 11.4 - Use backtracking to find a subset, if it exists,...Ch. 11.4 - Explain how backtracking can be used to find a...Ch. 11.4 - Prob. 30ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 31ECh. 11.4 - A spanning forest of a graphGis a forest that...Ch. 11.4 - Prob. 33ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 34ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 35ECh. 11.4 - A spanning forest of a graphGis a forest that...Ch. 11.4 - Prob. 37ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 38ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 39ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 40ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 41ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 42ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 43ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 44ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 45ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 46ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 47ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 48ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 49ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 50ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 51ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 52ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 53ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 54ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 55ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 56ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 57ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 58ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 59ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 60ECh. 11.4 - Prob. 61ECh. 11.5 - The roads represented by this graph are all...Ch. 11.5 - Prob. 2ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 3ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 4ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 5ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 6ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 7ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 8ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 9ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 10ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 11ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 12ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 13ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 14ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 15ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 16ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 17ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 18ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 19ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 20ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 21ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 22ECh. 11.5 - Express the algorithm devised in Exercise 22 in...Ch. 11.5 - Prob. 24ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 25ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 26ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 27ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 28ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 29ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 30ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 31ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 32ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 33ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 34ECh. 11.5 - Prob. 35ECh. 11 - Prob. 1RQCh. 11 - Prob. 2RQCh. 11 - Prob. 3RQCh. 11 - Prob. 4RQCh. 11 - Prob. 5RQCh. 11 - Prob. 6RQCh. 11 - Prob. 7RQCh. 11 - a) What is a binary search tree? b) Describe an...Ch. 11 - Prob. 9RQCh. 11 - Prob. 10RQCh. 11 - a) Explain how to use preorder, inorder, and...Ch. 11 - Show that the number of comparisons used by a...Ch. 11 - a) Describe the Huffman coding algorithm for...Ch. 11 - Draw the game tree for nim if the starting...Ch. 11 - Prob. 15RQCh. 11 - Prob. 16RQCh. 11 - a) Explain how backtracking can be used to...Ch. 11 - Prob. 18RQCh. 11 - Prob. 19RQCh. 11 - Show that a simple graph is a tree if and Only if...Ch. 11 - Prob. 2SECh. 11 - Prob. 3SECh. 11 - Prob. 4SECh. 11 - Prob. 5SECh. 11 - Prob. 6SECh. 11 - Prob. 7SECh. 11 - Prob. 8SECh. 11 - Prob. 9SECh. 11 - Prob. 10SECh. 11 - Prob. 11SECh. 11 - Prob. 12SECh. 11 - Prob. 13SECh. 11 - Prob. 14SECh. 11 - Prob. 15SECh. 11 - Prob. 16SECh. 11 - Prob. 17SECh. 11 - Prob. 18SECh. 11 - Prob. 19SECh. 11 - Prob. 20SECh. 11 - Prob. 21SECh. 11 - Prob. 22SECh. 11 - Prob. 23SECh. 11 - The listing of the vertices of an ordered rooted...Ch. 11 - The listing of the vertices of an ordered rooted...Ch. 11 - Prob. 26SECh. 11 - Prob. 27SECh. 11 - Prob. 28SECh. 11 - Prob. 29SECh. 11 - Show that if every circuit not passing through any...Ch. 11 - Prob. 31SECh. 11 - Prob. 32SECh. 11 - Prob. 33SECh. 11 - Prob. 34SECh. 11 - Prob. 35SECh. 11 - Prob. 36SECh. 11 - Prob. 37SECh. 11 - Prob. 38SECh. 11 - Prob. 39SECh. 11 - Prob. 40SECh. 11 - Prob. 41SECh. 11 - Prob. 42SECh. 11 - Prob. 43SECh. 11 - Prob. 44SECh. 11 - Prob. 45SECh. 11 - Show that a directed graphG= (V,E) has an...Ch. 11 - In this exercise we will develop an algorithm to...Ch. 11 - Prob. 1CPCh. 11 - Prob. 2CPCh. 11 - Prob. 3CPCh. 11 - Prob. 4CPCh. 11 - Prob. 5CPCh. 11 - Prob. 6CPCh. 11 - Prob. 7CPCh. 11 - Given an arithmetic expression in prefix form,...Ch. 11 - Prob. 9CPCh. 11 - Given the frequency of symbols, use Huffman coding...Ch. 11 - Given an initial position in the game of nim,...Ch. 11 - Prob. 12CPCh. 11 - Prob. 13CPCh. 11 - Prob. 14CPCh. 11 - Prob. 15CPCh. 11 - Prob. 16CPCh. 11 - Prob. 17CPCh. 11 - Prob. 18CPCh. 11 - Prob. 1CAECh. 11 - Prob. 2CAECh. 11 - Prob. 3CAECh. 11 - Prob. 4CAECh. 11 - Prob. 5CAECh. 11 - Prob. 6CAECh. 11 - Prob. 7CAECh. 11 - Prob. 8CAECh. 11 - Prob. 1WPCh. 11 - Prob. 2WPCh. 11 - Prob. 3WPCh. 11 - DefineAVL-trees(sometimes also known...Ch. 11 - Prob. 5WPCh. 11 - Prob. 6WPCh. 11 - Prob. 7WPCh. 11 - Prob. 8WPCh. 11 - Prob. 9WPCh. 11 - Prob. 10WPCh. 11 - Discuss the algorithms used in IP multicasting to...Ch. 11 - Prob. 12WPCh. 11 - Describe an algorithm based on depth-first search...Ch. 11 - Prob. 14WPCh. 11 - Prob. 15WPCh. 11 - Prob. 16WPCh. 11 - Prob. 17WPCh. 11 - Prob. 18WP
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