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Re: discrete math with graph.

Subject: Re: discrete math with graph.
From: "Proginoskes"
Date: 29 Sep 2006 15:28:54 -0700
Newsgroups: sci.math
mina_world wrote:
> hello sir~
>
> G is a simple connected graph.
>
> the "mean" of degrees of vertexs is bigger than 2.
> (namely, > 2)
>
> show that G contains at least two cycles.
> [followed by an attempted proof]

Why not try the contrapositive:

If G has at most one cycle, then the average degree is <= 2.

Proof: Handshaking Lemma, and two cases: No cycles, exactly one cycle.
Hint for second case: If you remove a single edge from a graph with
exactly one cycle, you get ...

Nice problem. It looks like homework; where did you find it?

     --- Christopher Heckman


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