Suppose a graph $G$ is connected with $n$ vertices and $e$ edges. If $n geq 3$ and $G$ has exactly one cycle,...
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Suppose a graph $G$ is connected with $n$ vertices and $e$ edges. If $n ge 3$ and $G$ has exactly one cycle, prove that $e = n$.
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Suppose a graph $G$ is connected with $n$ vertices and $e$ edges. If $n ge 3$ and $G$ has exactly one cycle, prove that $e = n$.
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Suppose a graph $G$ is connected with $n$ vertices and $e$ edges. If $n ge 3$ and $G$ has exactly one cycle, prove that $e = n$.
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Suppose a graph $G$ is connected with $n$ vertices and $e$ edges. If $n ge 3$ and $G$ has exactly one cycle, prove that $e = n$.
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Let $C$ be the only cycle in $G$. Consider any two adjacent vertices $u$ & $v$ that belong to $C$. Even if I remove the edge between $u$ & $v$, $G$ will remain connected. Let $G'$ be the new graph after removing the edge $uv$. $G'$ is connected, and has no cycle (bcoz we removed the $uv$ edge), hence $G'$ is a tree. $G'$ has $n-1$ edges $implies$ $G$ has $n$ edges.
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Consider the spanning tree of the graph $G$, The number of edges in the spanning tree is $n-1$. As $G$ has only one cycle, we can add only one more edge to the spanning tree to get the cycle(as any edges added to the spanning tree create a cycle), so $G$ has $n$ edges.
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Let $C$ be the only cycle in $G$. Consider any two adjacent vertices $u$ & $v$ that belong to $C$. Even if I remove the edge between $u$ & $v$, $G$ will remain connected. Let $G'$ be the new graph after removing the edge $uv$. $G'$ is connected, and has no cycle (bcoz we removed the $uv$ edge), hence $G'$ is a tree. $G'$ has $n-1$ edges $implies$ $G$ has $n$ edges.
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Let $C$ be the only cycle in $G$. Consider any two adjacent vertices $u$ & $v$ that belong to $C$. Even if I remove the edge between $u$ & $v$, $G$ will remain connected. Let $G'$ be the new graph after removing the edge $uv$. $G'$ is connected, and has no cycle (bcoz we removed the $uv$ edge), hence $G'$ is a tree. $G'$ has $n-1$ edges $implies$ $G$ has $n$ edges.
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Let $C$ be the only cycle in $G$. Consider any two adjacent vertices $u$ & $v$ that belong to $C$. Even if I remove the edge between $u$ & $v$, $G$ will remain connected. Let $G'$ be the new graph after removing the edge $uv$. $G'$ is connected, and has no cycle (bcoz we removed the $uv$ edge), hence $G'$ is a tree. $G'$ has $n-1$ edges $implies$ $G$ has $n$ edges.
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Let $C$ be the only cycle in $G$. Consider any two adjacent vertices $u$ & $v$ that belong to $C$. Even if I remove the edge between $u$ & $v$, $G$ will remain connected. Let $G'$ be the new graph after removing the edge $uv$. $G'$ is connected, and has no cycle (bcoz we removed the $uv$ edge), hence $G'$ is a tree. $G'$ has $n-1$ edges $implies$ $G$ has $n$ edges.
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Consider the spanning tree of the graph $G$, The number of edges in the spanning tree is $n-1$. As $G$ has only one cycle, we can add only one more edge to the spanning tree to get the cycle(as any edges added to the spanning tree create a cycle), so $G$ has $n$ edges.
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Consider the spanning tree of the graph $G$, The number of edges in the spanning tree is $n-1$. As $G$ has only one cycle, we can add only one more edge to the spanning tree to get the cycle(as any edges added to the spanning tree create a cycle), so $G$ has $n$ edges.
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Consider the spanning tree of the graph $G$, The number of edges in the spanning tree is $n-1$. As $G$ has only one cycle, we can add only one more edge to the spanning tree to get the cycle(as any edges added to the spanning tree create a cycle), so $G$ has $n$ edges.
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Consider the spanning tree of the graph $G$, The number of edges in the spanning tree is $n-1$. As $G$ has only one cycle, we can add only one more edge to the spanning tree to get the cycle(as any edges added to the spanning tree create a cycle), so $G$ has $n$ edges.
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