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Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford / 2018 / Functional programming, design and analysis of algorithms / 8 / b / i / Solution by

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True. A tree has exactly one path between any two vertices. For

e \in / T

, that path between the endpoints of

e

, together with

e

, is a fundamental cycle. Every cycle in

T \cup {e}

must contain

e

, since

T

itself is acyclic; deleting

e

from such a cycle leaves that same unique path. Therefore the cycle is unique. Minimality of the spanning tree's weight is not needed for this assertion.

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