Question: Given an undirected graph G = (V,E), its edge connectivity eta(G) is the least k such that there are k edges whose removal disconnects G.
Given an undirected graph G = (V,E), its edge connectivity eta(G) is the least k such that there are k edges whose removal disconnects G. (eta(G) = 0 for graphs that are not already connected:eta (G) = 1 for trees.) Show how to compute eta (G) by solving at most |V| max-flow problems on capacitated networks with O(|V|) vertices and O(|E|) edges. (Note, capacitated networks are allowed to have antiparallel edges-in keeping with the definitions in lecture, and in contrast with the definitions for flow networks (which is the same thing as capacitated networks) in the CLRS textbook.)
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