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Prove a graph is a tree

Source: 1961 All-Soviet Union Olympiad

August 4, 2015
combinatoricsgraph theoryTrees

Problem Statement

Consider nn points, some of them connected by segments. These segments do not intersect each other. You can reach every point from any every other one in exactly one way by traveling along the segments. Prove that the total number of segments is nāˆ’1n-1.