Show that if G is a weighted graph with distinct edge

Chapter , Problem 33E

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Problem 33E

Show that if G is a weighted graph with distinct edge weights, then for every simple circuit of G, the edge of maximum weight in this circuit does not belong to any minimum spanning tree of G.

When Kruskal invented the algorithm that finds minimum spanning trees by adding edges in order of increasing weight as long as they do not form a simple circuit, he also invented another algorithm sometimes called the reverse-delete algorithm. This algorithm proceeds by successively deleting edges of maximum weight from a connected graph as long as doing so does not disconnect the graph.

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