This document discusses Prim's algorithm for finding the minimum spanning tree of a weighted graph. It explains that Prim's algorithm uses a greedy approach by always selecting the lowest weight edge that connects the current minimum spanning tree to an unvisited vertex. This locally optimal choice of the minimum weight edge at each step guarantees a globally optimal minimum spanning tree is found. The algorithm works by starting from an initial vertex and building up the minimum spanning tree by successively adding the lowest weight edge that connects to an unvisited vertex until all vertices are included.