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spanning tree

(definition)

Definition: A connected, acyclic subgraph containing all the vertices of a graph.

See also minimum spanning tree.

Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 1-26, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.

Author: CRC-A


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Entry modified 18 March 2005.
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Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, CRC Press LLC, 1999, "spanning tree", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 18 March 2005. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/spanningtree.html