Graphs in Discrete mathematics for computing

Discrete Math For Computing II
 Main Text:
 Topics in enumeration; principle of inclusion and
exclusion, Partial orders and lattices. Algorithmic
complexity; recurrence relations, Graph theory.
 Prerequisite: CS 2305
 "Discrete Mathematics and its Applications"
Kenneth Rosen, 5th Edition, McGraw Hill.

Contact Information
B. Prabhakaran
Department of Computer Science
University of Texas at Dallas
Mail Station EC 31, PO Box 830688
Richardson, TX 75083
Email: praba@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972 883 4680; Fax: 972 883 2349
URL: http://www.utdallas.edu/~praba/cs3305.html
Office: ES 3.706
Office Hours: 3.30 – 4.00 pm & 5.15 – 6pm. Tuesdays;
5.15 – 6pm Thursdays
Other times by appointments through email
Announcements: Made in class and on course web page.
TA: TBA.

Course Outline
 Selected topics in chapters 6 through 9.
 Chapter 6: Advanced Counting Techniques:
recurrence relations, principle of inclusion and
exclusion
 Chapter 7: Relations: properties of binary relations,
representing relations, equivalence relations, partial
orders
 Chapter 8: Graphs: graph representation,
isomorphism, Euler paths, shortest path algorithms,
planar graphs, graph coloring
 Chapter 9: Trees: tree applications, tree traversal,
trees and sorting, spanning trees

Course ABET Objectives
 Ability to construct and solve recurrence relations
 Ability to use the principle of inclusion and exclusion to solve
problems
 Ability to understand binary relations and their applications
 Ability to recognize and use equivalence relations and partial
orderings
 Ability to use and construct graphs and graph terminology
 Ability to apply the graph theory concepts of Euler and Hamilton
circuits
 Ability to identify and use planar graphs and shortest path
problems
 Ability to use and construct trees and tree terminology
 Ability to use and construct binary search trees

Evaluation
 2 Mid-terms: in class. 75 minutes. Mix of MCQs
(Multiple Choice Questions) & Short Questions.
 1 Final Exam: 75 minutes or 2 hours (depending on
class room availability). Mix of MCQs and Short
Questions.
 2 - 3 Quizzes: 5-6 MCQs or very short questions. 15
minutes each.
 Homeworks/assignments: 3 or 4 spread over the
semester.

Homeworks
 Each homework will be for 10 marks.
 Homeworks Submission:
 Submit on paper to TA/Instructor.

Grading
 Home works: 5%
 Quizzes: 10%
 Mid-terms : 50%
 Final: 35%

Likely Letter Grades
 A-, A, A+: 90 - 100%
 B-, B, B+: 80 - 90%
 C-, C, C+: 70 - 80%
 D-, D, D+: 60 - 70%
 F: Below 60%
 Class average will influence above the ranges.

Schedule
 Quizzes: Dates announced in class & web, a week
ahead. Mostly just before midterms and final.
 Mid-term 1 : February 10, 2005
 Mid-term 2: March 24, 2005
 Final Exam: 11am, April 26, 2005 (As per UTD
schedule)
 Subject to minor changes
 Quiz and homework schedules will be announced in
class and course web page, giving sufficient time for
preparation.

Cheating
 Academic dishonesty will be taken seriously.
 Cheating students will be handed over to
Head/Dean for further action.
 Remember: home works (and exams too !)
are to be done individually.
 Any kind of cheating in home works/exams
will be dealt with as per UTD guidelines.

Spring Break !
 Conference Travel in the week starting March 1st.
 Propose a 2-hour make up class (with 15 minute
break between the hours) on a Monday morning ?

Varying Applications (examples)
 Computer networks
 Distinguish between two chemical compounds
with the same molecular formula but different
structures
 Solve shortest path problems between cities
 Scheduling exams and assign channels to
television stations

Topics Covered
 Definitions
 Types
 Terminology
 Representation
 Sub-graphs
 Connectivity
 Hamilton and Euler definitions
 Shortest Path
 Planar Graphs
 Graph Coloring

Definitions - Graph
A generalization of the simple concept of a set
of dots, links, edges or arcs.
Representation: Graph G =(V, E) consists set of vertices
denoted by V, or by V(G) and set of edges E, or E(G)

Definitions – Edge Type
Directed: Ordered pair of vertices. Represented as (u, v)
directed from vertex u to v.
Undirected: Unordered pair of vertices. Represented as {u, v}.
Disregards any sense of direction and treats both end vertices
interchangeably.
u v
u v

Definitions – Edge Type
 Loop: A loop is an edge whose endpoints are equal
i.e., an edge joining a vertex to it self is called a loop.
Represented as {u, u} = {u}
 Multiple Edges: Two or more edges joining the
same pair of vertices.
u

Definitions – Graph Type
Simple (Undirected) Graph: consists of V, a nonempty set of
vertices, and E, a set of unordered pairs of distinct elements of
V called edges (undirected)
Representation Example: G(V, E), V = {u, v, w}, E = {{u, v}, {v,
w}, {u, w}}
u v
w

Multigraph: G(V,E), consists of set of vertices V, set of
Edges E and a function f from E to {{u, v}| u, v V, u ≠ v}.
The edges e1 and e2 are called multiple or parallel edges if f
(e1) = f (e2).
Representation Example: V = {u, v, w}, E = {e1, e2, e3}
u
v
w
e1
e2
e3

Pseudograph: G(V,E), consists of set of vertices V, set of Edges E
and a function F from E to {{u, v}| u, v Î V}. Loops allowed in
such a graph.
Representation Example: V = {u, v, w}, E = {e1, e2, e3, e4}
u
v
w
e1
e3
e2
e4

Directed Graph: G(V, E), set of vertices V, and set of Edges E,
that are ordered pair of elements of V (directed edges)
Representation Example: G(V, E), V = {u, v, w}, E = {(u, v), (v,
w), (w, u)}
u
w
v

Directed Multigraph: G(V,E), consists of set of vertices V, set
of Edges E and a function f from E to {{u, v}| u, v V}. The
edges e1 and e2 are multiple edges if f(e1) = f(e2)
Representation Example: V = {u, v, w}, E = {e1, e2, e3, e4}
u
u
u
e1
e2
e3
e4

Type Edges Multiple Edges
Allowed ?
Loops Allowed ?
Simple Graph undirected No No
Multigraph undirected Yes No
Pseudograph undirected Yes Yes
Directed Graph directed No Yes
Directed
Multigraph
directed Yes Yes

Terminology – Undirected graphs
 u and v are adjacent if {u, v} is an edge, e is called incident with u and v. u
and v are called endpoints of {u, v}
 Degree of Vertex (deg (v)): the number of edges incident on a vertex. A
loop contributes twice to the degree (why?).
 Pendant Vertex: deg (v) =1
 Isolated Vertex: deg (v) = 0
Representation Example: For V = {u, v, w} , E = { {u, w}, {u, w}, (u, v) },
deg (u) = 2, deg (v) = 1, deg (w) = 1, deg (k) = 0, w and v are pendant , k is
isolated
u
k
w
v

Terminology – Directed graphs
 For the edge (u, v), u is adjacent to v OR v is adjacent from u, u – Initial
vertex, v – Terminal vertex
 In-degree (deg- (u)): number of edges for which u is terminal vertex
 Out-degree (deg+ (u)): number of edges for which u is initial vertex
Note: A loop contributes 1 to both in-degree and out-degree (why?)
Representation Example: For V = {u, v, w} , E = { (u, w), ( v, w), (u, v) }, deg-
(u) = 0, deg+ (u) = 2, deg- (v) = 1,
deg+ (v) = 1, and deg- (w) = 2, deg+ (u) = 0
u
w
v

Theorems: Undirected Graphs
Theorem 1
The Handshaking theorem:
(why?) Every edge connects 2 vertices
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Theorems: Undirected Graphs
Theorem 2:
An undirected graph has even number of vertices with odd degree
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Theorems: directed Graphs
 Theorem 3: deg + (u) = deg - (u) = |E|
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Simple graphs – special cases
 Complete graph: Kn, is the simple graph that contains exactly
one edge between each pair of distinct vertices.
Representation Example: K1, K2, K3, K4
K2
K1
K4
K3

 Cycle: Cn, n ≥ 3 consists of n vertices v1, v2, v3 … vn and edges
{v1, v2}, {v2, v3}, {v3, v4} … {vn-1, vn}, {vn, v1}
Representation Example: C3, C4
C3 C4

 Wheels: Wn, obtained by adding additional vertex to Cn and
connecting all vertices to this new vertex by new edges.
Representation Example: W3, W4
W3 W4

 N-cubes: Qn, vertices represented by 2n bit strings of length n.
Two vertices are adjacent if and only if the bit strings that they
represent differ by exactly one bit positions
Representation Example: Q1, Q2
0
10
1
00
11
Q1
01
Q2

Bipartite graphs
 In a simple graph G, if V can be partitioned into two disjoint
sets V1 and V2 such that every edge in the graph connects a
vertex in V1 and a vertex V2 (so that no edge in G connects
either two vertices in V1 or two vertices in V2)
Application example: Representing Relations
Representation example: V1 = {v1, v2, v3} and V2 = {v4, v5, v6},
v1
v2
v3
v4
v5
v6
V1
V2

Complete Bipartite graphs
 Km,n is the graph that has its vertex set portioned into two
subsets of m and n vertices, respectively There is an edge
between two vertices if and only if one vertex is in the first
subset and the other vertex is in the second subset.
Representation example: K2,3, K3,3
K2,3 K3,3

Subgraphs
 A subgraph of a graph G = (V, E) is a graph H =(V’, E’) where V’ is a
subset of V and E’ is a subset of E
Application example: solving sub-problems within a graph
Representation example: V = {u, v, w}, E = ({u, v}, {v, w}, {w, u}}, H1
, H2
u
v w
u
u
w
v v
H1
H2
G

Subgraphs
 G = G1 U G2 wherein E = E1 U E2 and V = V1 U V2, G, G1 and G2 are
simple graphs of G
Representation example: V1 = {u, w}, E1 = {{u, w}}, V2 = {w, v},
E1 = {{w, v}}, V = {u, v ,w}, E = {{{u, w}, {{w, v}}
u
v
w w
v
w
u
G1 G2 G

Representation
 Incidence (Matrix): Most useful when information about
edges is more desirable than information about vertices.
 Adjacency (Matrix/List): Most useful when information
about the vertices is more desirable than information about the
edges. These two representations are also most popular since
information about the vertices is often more desirable than
edges in most applications

Representation- Incidence Matrix
 G = (V, E) be an unditected graph. Suppose that v1, v2, v3, …, vn
are the vertices and e1, e2, …, em are the edges of G. Then the
incidence matrix with respect to this ordering of V and E is the nx
m matrix M = [m ij], where
Can also be used to represent :
Multiple edges: by using columns with identical entries, since
these edges are incident with the same pair of vertices
Loops: by using a column with exactly one entry equal to 1,
corresponding to the vertex that is incident with the loop
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 Representation Example: G = (V, E)
v w
u
e1
e3
e2
e1 e2 e3
v 1 0 1
u 1 1 0
w 0 1 1

Representation- Adjacency Matrix
 There is an N x N matrix, where |V| = N , the Adjacenct Matrix
(NxN) A = [aij]
For undirected graph
 For directed graph
 This makes it easier to find subgraphs, and to reverse graphs if needed.
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 Adjacency is chosen on the ordering of vertices. Hence, there
as are as many as n! such matrices.
 The adjacency matrix of simple graphs are symmetric (aij = aji)
(why?)
 When there are relatively few edges in the graph the adjacency
matrix is a sparse matrix
 Directed Multigraphs can be represented by using aij = number
of edges from vi to vj

 Example: Undirected Graph G (V, E)
v u w
v 0 1 1
u 1 0 1
w 1 1 0
u
v w

 Example: directed Graph G (V, E)
v u w
v 0 1 0
u 0 0 1
w 1 0 0
u
v w

Representation- Adjacency List
Each node (vertex) has a list of which nodes (vertex) it is adjacent
Example: undirectd graph G (V, E)
u
v w
node Adjacency List
u v , w
v w, u
w u , v

Graph - Isomorphism
 G1 = (V1, E2) and G2 = (V2, E2) are isomorphic if:
 There is a one-to-one and onto function f from V1 to
V2 with the property that
 a and b are adjacent in G1 if and only if f (a) and f (b) are
adjacent in G2, for all a and b in V1.
 Function f is called isomorphism
Application Example:
In chemistry, to find if two compounds have the same
structure

Graph - Isomorphism
Representation example: G1 = (V1, E1) , G2 = (V2, E2)
f(u1) = v1, f(u2) = v4, f(u3) = v3, f(u4) = v2,
u1
u3
u4
u2
v3
v4
v1 v2

Connectivity
 Basic Idea: In a Graph Reachability among vertices
by traversing the edges
Application Example:
- In a city to city road-network, if one city can be
reached from another city.
- Problems if determining whether a message can be
sent between two
computer using intermediate links
- Efficiently planning routes for data delivery in the
Internet

Connectivity – Path
A Path is a sequence of edges that begins at a vertex
of a graph and travels along edges of the graph,
always connecting pairs of adjacent vertices.
Representation example: G = (V, E), Path P
represented, from u to v is {{u, 1}, {1, 4}, {4, 5}, {5,
v}}
1
u
3
4 5
2
v

Connectivity – Path
Definition for Directed Graphs
A Path of length n (> 0) from u to v in G is a sequence of n
edges e1, e2 , e3, …, en of G such that f (e1) = (xo, x1), f (e2) =
(x1, x2), …, f (en) = (xn-1, xn), where x0 = u and xn = v. A path is
said to pass through x0, x1, …, xn or traverse e1, e2 , e3, …, en
For Simple Graphs, sequence is x0, x1, …, xn
In directed multigraphs when it is not necessary to distinguish
between their edges, we can use sequence of vertices to
represent the path
Circuit/Cycle: u = v, length of path > 0
Simple Path: does not contain an edge more than once

Connectivity – Connectedness
Undirected Graph
An undirected graph is connected if there exists is a
simple path between every pair of vertices
Representation Example: G (V, E) is connected since
for V = {v1, v2, v3, v4, v5}, there exists a path
between {vi, vj}, 1 ≤ i, j≤ 5
v1
v2
v3
v5
v4

Undirected Graph
 Articulation Point (Cut vertex): removal of a vertex
produces a subgraph with more connected components than in
the original graph. The removal of a cut vertex from a
connected graph produces a graph that is not connected
 Cut Edge: An edge whose removal produces a subgraph with
more connected components than in the original graph.
Representation example: G (V, E), v3 is the articulation point or
edge {v2, v3}, the number of connected components is 2 (> 1)
v1
v2
v3
v4
v5

Directed Graph
 A directed graph is strongly connected if there is a path from
a to b and from b to a whenever a and b are vertices in the
graph
 A directed graph is weakly connected if there is a
(undirected) path between every two vertices in the underlying
undirected path
A strongly connected Graph can be weakly connected but the
vice-versa is not true (why?)

Directed Graph
Representation example: G1 (Strong component), G2 (Weak
Component), G3 is undirected graph representation of G2 or G1
G2
G1 G3

 Directed Graph
Strongly connected Components: subgraphs of a
Graph G that are strongly connected
Representation example: G1 is the strongly connected
component in G
G1
G

Isomorphism - revisited
A isomorphic invariant for simple graphs is the
existence of a simple circuit of length k , k is an
integer > 2 (why ?)
Representation example: G1 and G2 are isomorphic since we
have the invariants, similarity in degree of nodes, number of
edges, length of circuits
G1 G2

Counting Paths
 Theorem: Let G be a graph with adjacency matrix A with respect to the
ordering v1, v2, …, Vn (with directed on undirected edges, with multiple
edges and loops allowed). The number of different paths of length r from
Vi to Vj, where r is a positive integer, equals the (i, j)th entry of
(adjacency matrix) Ar.
Proof: By Mathematical Induction.
Base Case: For the case N = 1, aij =1 implies that there is a path of length 1. This
is true since this corresponds to an edge between two vertices.
We assume that theorem is true for N = r and prove the same for N = r +1.
Assume that the (i, j)th entry of Ar is the number of different paths of length r from
vi to vj. By induction hypothesis, bik is the number of paths of length r from vi to vk.

Counting Paths
Case r +1: In Ar+1 = Ar. A,
The (i, j)th entry in Ar+1 , bi1a1j + bi2 a2j + …+ bin anj
where bik is the (i, j)th entry of Ar.
By induction hypothesis, bik is the number of paths of length r from vi
to vk.
The (i, j)th entry in Ar+1 corresponds to the length between i and j
and the length is r+1. This path is made up of length r from vi to vk
and of length from vk to vj. By product rule for counting, the number of
such paths is bik* akj The result is bi1a1j + bi2 a2j + …+ bin anj ,the
desired result.

Counting Paths
a ------- b
| |
| |
c -------d
A = 0 1 1 0 A4 = 8 0 0 8
1 0 0 1 0 8 8 0
1 0 0 1 0 8 8 0
0 1 1 0 8 0 0 8
Number of paths of length 4 from a to d is (1,4) th entry of A4 = 8.

The Seven Bridges of Königsberg, Germany
 The residents of Königsberg, Germany, wondered if it
was possible to take a walking tour of the town that
crossed each of the seven bridges over the Presel river
exactly once. Is it possible to start at some node and
take a walk that uses each edge exactly once, and
ends at the starting node?

You can redraw the original picture as long as for every edge between
nodes i and j in the original you put an edge between nodes i and j in
the redrawn version (and you put no other edges in the redrawn
version).
Original:
2
3
4 1
Redrawn:
4
2 3

 Has no tour that uses each edge exactly once.
 (Even if we allow the walk to start and finish in different places.)
 Can you see why?
Euler:

Euler - definitions
 An Eulerian path (Eulerian trail, Euler walk) in a graph is a
path that uses each edge precisely once. If such a path exists,
the graph is called traversable.
 An Eulerian cycle (Eulerian circuit, Euler tour) in a graph
is a cycle that uses each edge precisely once. If such a cycle
exists, the graph is called Eulerian (also unicursal).
 Representation example: G1 has Euler path a, c, d, e, b, d, a, b
a b
c d e

The problem in our language:
Show that is not Eulerian.
In fact, it contains no Euler trail.

Euler - theorems
1. A connected graph G is Eulerian if and only if G is connected
and has no vertices of odd degree
2. A connected graph G is has an Euler trail from node a to
some other node b if and only if G is connected and a  b are
the only two nodes of odd degree

Euler – theorems (=>)
Assume G has an Euler trail T from node a to node b (a and b
not necessarily distinct).
For every node besides a and b, T uses an edge to exit for each
edge it uses to enter. Thus, the degree of the node is even.
1. If a = b, then a also has even degree.  Euler circuit
2. If a  b, then a and b both have odd degree.  Euler path

Euler - theorems
a b
c d
e
f
Building a simple path:
{a,b}, {b,c}, {c,f}, {f,a}
Euler circuit constructed if all edges
are used. True here?

Euler - theorems
c d
e
Delete the simple path:
{a,b}, {b,c}, {c,f}, {f,a}
C is the common vertex for this
sub-graph with its “parent”.

Euler - theorems
c d
e
Constructed subgraph may not be connected.
C is the common vertex for this sub-graph
with its “parent”.
C has even degree.
Start at c and take a walk:
{c,d}, {d,e}, {e,c}

Euler - theorems
a b
c d
e
f
“Splice” the circuits in the 2 graphs:
{a,b}, {b,c}, {c,f}, {f,a}
“+”
{c,d}, {d,e}, {e,c}
“=“
{a,b}, {b,c}, {c,d}, {d,e}, {e,c}, {c,f}
{f,a}

Euler Circuit
1. Circuit C := a circuit in G beginning at an arbitrary
vertex v.
1. Add edges successively to form a path that returns to this
vertex.
2. H := G – above circuit C
3. While H has edges
1. Sub-circuit sc := a circuit that begins at a vertex in H that
is also in C (e.g., vertex “c”)
2. H := H – sc (- all isolated vertices)
3. Circuit := circuit C “spliced” with sub-circuit sc
4. Circuit C has the Euler circuit.

e1 e2 e3
a 1 0 0
b 1 1 0
c 0 1 1
d 0 0 1
e 0 0 0
f 0 0 0
a b
c d
e
f
e1
e2
e3
e4
e5
e6
e7
e4 e5 e6 e7
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 1 1 0
1 0 0 0
1 1 0 0
0 0 1 1

Homework 1
 Write a program to obtain Euler Circuits.
 Input graphs can be Eulerian, no need for checking “non”
Euler graphs
 Include a simple user interface to “input” the graph.
 Minimum of 10 edges (no more than 15 edges needed)
 Simple documentation
 Include a sample graph, if needed, to test
 Any programming language
 Submission on WebCT
 Due on January 27th 11.55pm.

Hamiltonian Graph
 Hamiltonian path (also called traceable path) is a path that visits
each vertex exactly once.
 A Hamiltonian cycle (also called Hamiltonian circuit, vertex tour or
graph cycle) is a cycle that visits each vertex exactly once (except for
the starting vertex, which is visited once at the start and once again at
the end).
 A graph that contains a Hamiltonian path is called a traceable graph.
A graph that contains a Hamiltonian cycle is called a Hamiltonian
graph. Any Hamiltonian cycle can be converted to a Hamiltonian path
by removing one of its edges, but a Hamiltonian path can be extended
to Hamiltonian cycle only if its endpoints are adjacent.

A graph of the vertices of a dodecahedron.
Is it Hamiltonian?
Yes
.

This one has a Hamiltonian path, but not a
Hamiltonian tour.
Hamiltonian Graph

Hamiltonian Graph
This one has an Euler tour, but no Hamiltonian path.

Hamiltonian Graph
 Similar notions may be defined for directed graphs, where edges (arcs)
of a path or a cycle are required to point in the same direction, i.e.,
connected tail-to-head.
 The Hamiltonian cycle problem or Hamiltonian circuit problem in graph
theory is to find a Hamiltonian cycle in a given graph. The Hamiltonian
path problem is to find a Hamiltonian path in a given graph.
 There is a simple relation between the two problems. The Hamiltonian
path problem for graph G is equivalent to the Hamiltonian cycle
problem in a graph H obtained from G by adding a new vertex and
connecting it to all vertices of G.
 Both problems are NP-complete. However, certain classes of graphs
always contain Hamiltonian paths. For example, it is known that every
tournament has an odd number of Hamiltonian paths.

Hamiltonian Graph
 DIRAC’S Theorem: if G is a simple graph with n
vertices with n ≥ 3 such that the degree of every
vertex in G is at least n/2 then G has a Hamilton
circuit.
 ORE’S Theorem: if G is a simple graph with n
vertices with n ≥ 3 such that deg (u) + deg (v) ≥ n
fro every pair of nonadjacent vertices u and v in G,
then G has a Hamilton circuit.

Shortest Path
 Generalize distance to weighted setting
 Digraph G = (V,E) with weight function W: E  R (assigning
real values to edges)
 Weight of path p = v1  v2  …  vk is
 Shortest path = a path of the minimum weight
 Applications
 static/dynamic network routing
 robot motion planning
 map/route generation in traffic
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Shortest-Path Problems
 Shortest-Path problems
 Single-source (single-destination). Find a
shortest path from a given source (vertex s) to
each of the vertices. The topic of this lecture.
 Single-pair. Given two vertices, find a shortest
path between them. Solution to single-source
problem solves this problem efficiently, too.
 All-pairs. Find shortest-paths for every pair of
vertices. Dynamic programming algorithm.
 Unweighted shortest-paths – BFS.

Optimal Substructure
 Theorem: subpaths of shortest paths
are shortest paths
 Proof (”cut and paste”)
 if some subpath were not the shortest
path, one could substitute the shorter
subpath and create a shorter total path

Negative Weights and Cycles?
 Negative edges are OK, as long as there are no
negative weight cycles (otherwise paths with
arbitrary small “lengths” would be possible)
 Shortest-paths can have no cycles (otherwise we
could improve them by removing cycles)
 Any shortest-path in graph G can be no longer
than n – 1 edges, where n is the number of
vertices

Shortest Path Tree
 The result of the algorithms – a shortest path tree. For each
vertex v, it
 records a shortest path from the start vertex s to v.
v.parent() gives a predecessor of v in this shortest path
 gives a shortest path length from s to v, which is recorded in
v.d().
 The same pseudo-code assumptions are used.
 Vertex ADT with operations:
 adjacent():VertexSet
 d():int and setd(k:int)
 parent():Vertex and setparent(p:Vertex)

Relaxation
 For each vertex v in the graph, we maintain v.d(), the estimate
of the shortest path from s, initialized to at the start
 Relaxing an edge (u,v) means testing whether we can improve
the shortest path to v found so far by going through u
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v
u
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Relax(u,v)
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Relax(u,v)
Relax (u,v,G)
if v.d() > u.d()+G.w(u,v) then
v.setd(u.d()+G.w(u,v))
v.setparent(u)

Dijkstra's Algorithm
 Non-negative edge weights
 Greedy, similar to Prim's algorithm for MST
 Like breadth-first search (if all weights = 1, one can simply use
BFS)
 Use Q, a priority queue ADT keyed by v.d() (BFS used FIFO
queue, here we use a PQ, which is re-organized whenever some
d decreases)
 Basic idea
 maintain a set S of solved vertices
 at each step select "closest" vertex u, add it to S, and relax
all edges from u

Dijkstra’s ALgorithm
Solution to Single-source (single-destination).
 Input: Graph G, start vertex s
relaxing
edges
Dijkstra(G,s)
01 for each vertex u  G.V()
02 u.setd()
03 u.setparent(NIL)
04 s.setd(0)
05 S   // Set S is used to explain the
algorithm
06 Q.init(G.V()) // Q is a priority queue ADT
07 while not Q.isEmpty()
08 u  Q.extractMin()
09 S  S  {u}
10 for each v  u.adjacent() do
11 Relax(u, v, G)
12 Q.modifyKey(v)

Dijkstra’s Example
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Dijkstra(G,s)
02 u.setd()
03 u.setparent(NIL)
04 s.setd(0)
05 S  
06 Q.init(G.V())
09 S  S  {u}
11 Relax(u, v, G)
12 Q.modifyKey(v)

Dijkstra’s Example u v
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Dijkstra(G,s)
02 u.setd()
03 u.setparent(NIL)
04 s.setd(0)
05 S  
06 Q.init(G.V())
09 S  S  {u}
11 Relax(u, v, G)
12 Q.modifyKey(v)

Dijkstra’s Example
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Dijkstra(G,s)
02 u.setd()
03 u.setparent(NIL)
04 s.setd(0)
05 S  
06 Q.init(G.V())
09 S  S  {u}
11 Relax(u, v, G)
12 Q.modifyKey(v)

Dijkstra’s Algorithm
 O(n2) operations
 (n-1) iterations: 1 for each vertex added to
the distinguished set S.
 (n-1) iterations: for each adjacent vertex of
the one added to the distinguished set.
 Note: it is single source – single
destination algorithm

Traveling Salesman Problem
 Given a number of cities and the costs of traveling from one to
the other, what is the cheapest roundtrip route that visits each
city once and then returns to the starting city?
 An equivalent formulation in terms of graph theory is: Find the
Hamiltonian cycle with the least weight in a weighted graph.
 It can be shown that the requirement of returning to the
starting city does not change the computational complexity of
the problem.
 A related problem is the (bottleneck TSP): Find the Hamiltonian
cycle in a weighted graph with the minimal length of the longest
edge.

Planar Graphs
 A graph (or multigraph) G is called planar if G can be drawn in the plane with
its edges intersecting only at vertices of G, such a drawing of G is called an
embedding of G in the plane.
Application Example: VLSI design (overlapping edges requires extra layers),
Circuit design (cannot overlap wires on board)
Representation examples: K1,K2,K3,K4 are planar, Kn for n>4 are non-planar
K4

Planar Graphs
 Representation examples: Q3

Planar Graphs
 Representation examples: K3,3 is Nonplanar
v1 v2
v5
v4
v3
v6
v1
v2
v4
v4
v5 v1
v2
v5
v3
R1
R2
R21
R1
R22

Theorem : Euler's planar graph theorem
For a connected planar graph or multigraph:
v – e + r = 2
number
of vertices
number
of edges
number
of regions
Planar Graphs

Planar Graphs
Example of Euler’s theorem
K4
R1
R2
R3
A planar graph divides the plane
into several regions (faces), one
of them is the infinite region.
v=4,e=6,r=4, v-e+r=2
R4

Planar Graphs
 Proof of Euler’s formula: By Induction
Base Case: for G1 , e1 = 1, v1 = 2 and r1= 1
n+1 Case: Assume, rn = en – vn + 2 is true. Let {an+1, bn+1} be the
edge that is added to Gn to obtain Gn+1 and we prove that rn = en –
vn + 2 is true. Can be proved using two cases.
R1
v
u

Planar Graphs
 Case 1:
rn+1 = rn + 1, en+1 = en + 1, vn+1 = vn => rn+1 = en+1 – vn+1 + 2
R
an+1
bn+1

Planar Graphs
 Case 2:
rn+1 = rn, en+1 = en + 1, vn+1 = vn + 1 => rn+1 = en+1 – vn+1 + 2
R
an+1
bn+1

Planar Graphs
Corollary 1: Let G = (V, E) be a connected simple planar graph with
|V| = v, |E| = e > 2, and r regions. Then 3r ≤ 2e and e ≤ 3v – 6
Proof: Since G is loop-free and is not a multigraph, the boundary of
each region (including the infinite region) contains at least three
edges. Hence, each region has degree ≥ 3.
Degree of region: No. of edges on its boundary; 1 edge may occur
twice on boundary -> contributes 2 to the region degree.
Each edge occurs exactly twice: either in the same region or in 2
different regions
R
an+1
bn+1

Region Degree
R
R
Degree of R = 3
Degree of R = ?

Planar Graphs
Each edge occurs exactly twice: either in the same region or in 2
different regions
2e = sum of degree of r regions determined by 2e
2e ≥ 3r. (since each region has a degree of at least 3)
r ≤ (2/3) e
From Euler’s theorem, 2 = v – e + r
2 ≤ v – e + 2e/3
2 ≤ v – e/3
So 6 ≤ 3v – e
or e ≤ 3v – 6

Planar Graphs
Corollary 2: Let G = (V, E) be a connected simple planar graph then
G has a vertex degree that does not exceed 5
Proof: If G has one or two vertices the result is true
If G has 3 or more vertices then by Corollary 1, e ≤ 3v – 6
2e ≤ 6v – 12
If the degree of every vertex were at least 6:
by Handshaking theorem: 2e = Sum (deg(v))
 2e ≥ 6v. But this contradicts the inequality 2e ≤ 6v – 12
There must be at least one vertex with degree no greater than 5

Planar Graphs
Corollary 3: Let G = (V, E) be a connected simple planar graph with
v vertices ( v ≥ 3) , e edges, and no circuits of length 3 then e ≤ 2v
-4
Proof: Similar to Corollary 1 except the fact that no circuits of length
3 imply that degree of region must be at least 4.

Planar Graphs
 Elementary sub-division: Operation in which a graph are
obtained by removing an edge {u, v} and adding the vertex w
and edges {u, w}, {w, v}
 Homeomorphic Graphs: Graphs G1 and G2 are termed as
homeomorphic if they are obtained by sequence of elementary
sub-divisions.
u v u v
w

Planar Graphs
 Kuwratoski’s Theorem: A graph is non-planar if and only if it
contains a subgraph homeomorephic to K3,3 or K5
Representation Example: G is Nonplanar
a
b
c
j
d
i
e
g
f
k
b
a
c
e
d
f
g
h
G
H
K5
e
d
c
b
a

Graph Coloring Problem
 Graph coloring is an assignment of "colors", almost always
taken to be consecutive integers starting from 1 without loss of
generality, to certain objects in a graph. Such objects can be
vertices, edges, faces, or a mixture of the above.
 Application examples: scheduling, register allocation in a
microprocessor, frequency assignment in mobile radios, and
pattern matching

Vertex Coloring Problem
 Assignment of colors to the vertices of the graph such that proper
coloring takes place (no two adjacent vertices are assigned the same
color)
 Chromatic number: least number of colors needed to color the graph
 A graph that can be assigned a (proper) k-coloring is k-colorable, and
it is k-chromatic if its chromatic number is exactly k.

Vertex Coloring Problem
 The problem of finding a minimum coloring of a graph is NP-Hard
 The corresponding decision problem (Is there a coloring which uses at
most k colors?) is NP-complete
 The chromatic number for Cn = 3 (n is odd) or 2 (n is even), Kn = n,
Km,n = 2
 Cn: cycle with n vertices; Kn: fully connected graph with n vertices;
Km,n: complete bipartite graph
C5
K4 K2, 3
C4

Vertex Covering Problem
 The Four color theorem: the chromatic number of a planar
graph is no greater than 4
 Example: G1 chromatic number = 3, G2 chromatic number = 4
 (Most proofs rely on case by case analysis).
G1 G2

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