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Advanced Algorithms · End Term · 24 Dec 2023 · September 2023 term · Set FDB1

Question 24: Recall that the size of an optimal vertex cover is at mo…

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Recall that the size of an optimal vertex cover is at most twice the size of a maximum matching of a graph G. Are there examples of graphs where the size of the optimal vertex cover is exactly equal to twice the size of its maximum matching? For example, this is not true for a path on three vertices: the size of both the maximum matching and minimum vertex cover is 1.

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Question 24 of 24 in the IIT Madras BS Advanced Algorithms (Advanced Algorithms) End Term paper sat on 24 Dec 2023, in the September 2023 term (IIT M DEGREE FN EXAM FDB1 24 Dec 2023). It carries 2 marks.

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