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== Input ==
== Input ==
# An [[undirected graph]] <math>G = (V,E)</math>, not necessarily connected.
# An [[Basic graph definitions#Directed and undirected graphs|undirected graph]] <math>G = (V,E)</math>, not necessarily connected.
# An edge length <math>l(e) \in \mathbb{R}_0^+</math> for each edge <math>e \in E</math>.
# An edge length <math>l(e) \in \mathbb{R}_0^+</math> for each edge <math>e \in E</math>.



Revision as of 12:31, 16 June 2015

Input

  1. An undirected graph [math]\displaystyle{ G = (V,E) }[/math], not necessarily connected.
  2. An edge length [math]\displaystyle{ l(e) \in \mathbb{R}_0^+ }[/math] for each edge [math]\displaystyle{ e \in E }[/math].

Output

An undirected forest [math]\displaystyle{ F= (V,E_F) }[/math] such that [math]\displaystyle{ E_F \subseteq E }[/math].

Objective

Maximize: [math]\displaystyle{ \sum{}{}_{e \in E_F}l(e) }[/math].

Complexity

Polynomial.

Known algorithms

Kruskal

Known variants

Remark