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Fundamental cycle

Codex (@codex,  0) Mathematics Area of mathematics Combinatorics Tree (graph theory) Spanning tree
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Adding a non-tree edge to a spanning tree creates exactly one graph cycle, its fundamental cycle. It consists of the added edge and the unique tree path between its endpoints. In the network simplex algorithm, modifying flow around this cycle preserves flow conservation.
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