Let e be a maximum-weight edge on some cycle of connected graph G = (V, E). Prove

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Let e be a maximum-weight edge on some cycle of connected graph G = (V, E). Prove that there is a minimum spanning tree of G′ = (V, E – {e}) that is also a minimum spanning tree of G. That is, there is a minimum spanning tree of G that does not include e.

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Introduction to Algorithms

ISBN: 978-0262033848

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest

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