Check if a given graph is tree or not

Data Structure Algorithms Graph Algorithms

In this problem, one undirected graph is given, we have to check the graph is tree or not. We can simply find it by checking the criteria of a tree. A tree will not contain a cycle, so if there is any cycle in the graph, it is not a tree.

We can check it using another approach, if the graph is connected and it has V-1 edges, it could be a tree. Here V is the number of vertices in the graph.

Input and Output

Input:
The adjacency matrix.
0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 1
1 1 1 1 0

Output:
The Graph is a tree

Algorithm

isCycle(u, visited, parent)

Input: The start vertex u, the visited list to mark visited or not, the parent vertex.

Output: True if there is a cycle in the graph.

Begin
   mark u as visited
   for all vertex v which are adjacent with u, do
      if v is visited, then
         if isCycle(v, visited, u) = true, then
            return true
         else if v ≠ parent, then
            return true
   done
   return false
End

isTree(graph)

Input: The undirected graph.

Output: True when the graph is a tree.

Begin
   define a visited array to mark which node is visited or not
   initially mark all node as unvisited
   if isCycle(0, visited, φ) is true, then //the parent of starting vertex is null
      return false
   if the graph is not connected, then
      return false
   return true otherwise
End

Example

#include<iostream>
#define NODE 5
using namespace std;

int graph[NODE][NODE] = {
   {0, 1, 1, 1, 0},
   {1, 0, 1, 0, 0},
   {1, 1, 0, 0, 0},
   {1, 0, 0, 0, 1},
   {0, 0, 0, 1, 0}
};
                                                               
bool isCycle(int u, bool visited[], int parent) {
   visited[u] = true;    //mark v as visited
   for(int v = 0; v<NODE; v++) {
      if(graph[u][v]) {
         if(!visited[v]) {     //when the adjacent node v is not visited
            if(isCycle(v, visited, u)) {
               return true;
            }
         } else if(v != parent) {    //when adjacent vertex is visited but not parent
            return true;    //there is a cycle
         }
      }
   }
   return false;
}

bool isTree() {
   bool *vis = new bool[NODE];

   for(int i = 0; i<NODE; i++)
      vis[i] = false;    //initialize as no node is visited
         
   if(isCycle(0, vis, -1))    //check if there is a cycle or not
      return false;
         
   for(int i = 0; i<NODE; i++) {
      if(!vis[i])    //if there is a node, not visited by traversal, graph is not connected
         return false;
   }
   return true;
}

int main() {
   if(isTree())
      cout << "The Graph is a Tree.";
   else
      cout << "The Graph is not a Tree.";
}

Output

The Graph is a Tree.

Karthikeya Boyini

Published on 10-Jul-2018 08:33:37

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