Question

Show that any tree with exactly two vertices of degree 1 is a path.

14 Feb 2018
Answer :
Word Count : 287

To show that any tree with exactly two vertices of degree 1 is a path, we can use a proof by contradiction. 

Suppose we have a tree T with exactly two vertices of degree 1, but it is not a path. This means that there must be at least one vertex in the tree that has a degree greater than 1, because in a path, all vertices except the endpoints have a degree of 2, and there is no branching.

Now, let's consider a vertex v in the tree

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