A depth-first forest classifies the edges of a graph into tree, back, forward, and cross edges. A
Question:
A depth-first forest classifies the edges of a graph into tree, back, forward, and cross edges. A breadth-first tree can also be used to classify the edges reachable from the source of the search into the same four categories.
a. Prove that in a breadth-first search of an undirected graph, the following properties hold:
1. There are no back edges and no forward edges.
2. For each tree edge (u, ν), we have ν.d = u.d + 1.
3. For each cross edge (u, ν), we have ν.d = u.d or ν.d = u.d + 1.
b. Prove that in a breadth-first search of a directed graph, the following properties hold:
1. There are no forward edges.
2. For each tree edge (u, ν), we have ν.d = u.d + 1.
3. For each cross edge (u, ν), we have ν.d ≤ u.d + 1.
4. For each back edge (u, ν), we have 0 ≤ ν.d ≤ u.d.
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Introduction to Algorithms
ISBN: 978-0262033848
3rd edition
Authors: Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest