Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 3 19H b ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Two cuts give the upper boundsfrom the source cut, andfrom the cut whose source side isThe latter cut crosses the edges , of respective capacities .
At , a flow of value isAt , a flow of value is given byFor , take the convex combination of these two flows with weights and . It is feasible at capacity and has value . For , the second flow remains feasible and has value . The two cut bounds are therefore attained, and the parametric maximum flow with one source capacity is