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Set version of Menger theorem

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For vertex sets A,B, the maximum number of pairwise vertex-disjoint A-B paths equals the minimum size of a vertex set meeting every A-B path.
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Set version of Menger theorem
In a k-connected graph, for a vertex x and a set Y of at least k other vertices, there are k paths from x to distinct vertices of Y that meet only at x. This follows from the Set version of Menger theorem by separating x from Y.

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