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Exercise 968Combinatorics › Graph theoryL1Added 3 Nov 2026

Trees as minors

#tree#minor#contraction

Statement

Show that every connected graph contains a spanning tree.

Hint

Same as "spanning tree" in this category.

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Solution

See "Spanning trees" in this category.

Conclusion. Every connected graph has a spanning tree.