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Spanning Trees of the Complete Bipartite Graph

Abstract

A new proof that the number of spanning trees of K m,n is m n−1 n m−1 is presented. The proof is similar to Prüfer's proof of Cayley's formula for the number of spanning trees of K n .

Keywords:
Spanning tree Combinatorics Bipartite graph Mathematics Combinatorial proof Cayley graph Graph Discrete mathematics

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Topics

Advanced Graph Theory Research
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computational Theory and Mathematics
Graph theory and applications
Physical Sciences →  Mathematics →  Geometry and Topology
Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computational Theory and Mathematics

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