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The rules of mathematical logic specify methods of reasoning mathematical statements. Greek philosopher, Aristotle, was the pioneer of logical reasoning. Logical reasoning provides the theoretical base for many areas of mathematics and consequently computer science. It has many practical applications in computer science like design of computing machines, artificial intelligence, definition of data structures for programming languages etc.Major CategoriesMathematical logics can be broadly categorized into three categories.Propositional Logic − Propositional Logic is concerned with statements to which the truth values, "true" and "false", can be assigned. The purpose is to analyse these statements either individually or in a composite manner.Predicate ... Read More

Let 'G' be a connected graph with 'n' vertices and 'm' edges. A spanning tree 'T' of G contains (n-1) edges.Therefore, the number of edges you need to delete from 'G' in order to get a spanning tree = m-(n-1), which is called the circuit rank of G.This formula is true, because in a spanning tree you need to have 'n-1' edges. Out of 'm' edges, you need to keep 'n–1' edges in the graph.Hence, deleting 'n–1' edges from 'm' gives the edges to be removed from the graph in order to get a spanning tree, which should not form ... Read More

The center of a tree is a vertex with minimal eccentricity. The eccentricity of a vertex X in a tree G is the maximum distance between the vertex X and any other vertex of the tree. The maximum eccentricity is the tree diameter. If a tree has only one center, it is called Central Tree and if a tree has only more than one centers, it is called Bi-central Tree. Every tree is either central or bi-central.Algorithm to find centers and bi-centers of a treeStep 1 − Remove all the vertices of degree 1 from the given tree and also ... Read More

Graph traversal is the problem of visiting all the vertices of a graph in some systematic order. There are mainly two ways to traverse a graph.Breadth First SearchDepth First SearchBreadth First Search (BFS) starts at starting level-0 vertex X of the graph G. Then we visit all the vertices that are the neighbors of X. After visiting, we mark the vertices as "visited, " and place them into level-1. Then we start from the level-1 vertices and apply the same method on every level-1 vertex and so on. The BFS traversal terminates when every vertex of the graph has been ... Read More

Bipartite Graph - If the vertex-set of a graph G can be split into two disjoint sets, V1 and V2 , in such a way that each edge in the graph joins a vertex in V1 to a vertex in V2 , and there are no edges in G that connect two vertices in V1 or two vertices in V2 , then the graph G is called a bipartite graph.Complete Bipartite Graph - A complete bipartite graph is a bipartite graph in which each vertex in the first set is joined to every single vertex in the second set. The ... Read More

A graph is a set of points, called nodes or vertices, which are interconnected by a set of lines called edges. The study of graphs, or graph theory is an important part of a number of disciplines in the fields of mathematics, engineering and computer science.Graph TheoryDefinition − A graph (denoted as G = (V, E)) consists of a non-empty set of vertices or nodes V and a set of edges E. A vertex a  represents an endpoint of an edge. An edge joins two vertices a, b  and is represented by set of vertices it connects.Example − Let us ... Read More

Injective / One-to-one functionA function $f: A \rightarrow B$ is injective or one-to-one function if for every $b \in B$, there exists at most one $a \in A$ such that $f(s) = t$.This means a function f is injective if $a_1 e a_2$ implies $f(a1) e f(a2)$.Example$f: N \rightarrow N, f(x) = 5x$ is injective.$f: N \rightarrow N, f(x) = x^2$ is injective.$f: R\rightarrow R, f(x) = x^2$ is not injective as $(-x)^2 = x^2$Surjective / Onto functionA function $f: A \rightarrow B$ is surjective (onto) if the image of f equals its range. Equivalently, for every $b \in B$, ... Read More

To reach a conclusion on quantified statements, there are four rules of inference which are collectively called as Inference Theory of the Predicate Calculus.Table of Rules of InferenceRule of InferenceName$$\begin{matrix} \forall x P(x) \ \hline \therefore P(y) \end{matrix}$$Rule US: Universal Specification$$\begin{matrix} P(c) \text { for any c} \ \hline \therefore \forall x P(x) \end{matrix}$$Rule UG: Universal Generalization$$\begin{matrix} \exists x P(x) \ \hline \therefore P(c) \text { for any c} \ \end{matrix}$$Rule ES: Existential Specification$$\begin{matrix} P(c) \text { for any c} \ \therefore \exists x P(x) \end{matrix}$$Rule EG: Existential GeneralizationRule US: Universal Specification - From $(x)P(x)$, one can conclude $P(y)$.Rule US: ... Read More

Independent sets are represented in sets, in whichthere should not be any edges adjacent to each other. There should not be any common vertex between any two edges.there should not be any vertices adjacent to each other. There should not be any common edge between any two vertices.Independent Line SetLet 'G' = (V, E) be a graph. A subset L of E is called an independent line set of 'G' if no two edges in L are adjacent. Such a set is called an independent line set.ExampleLet us consider the following subsets −L1 = {a, b} L2 = {a, b} ... Read More

Independent sets are represented in sets, in whichthere should not be any edges adjacent to each other. There should not be any common vertex between any two edges.there should not be any vertices adjacent to each other. There should not be any common edge between any two vertices.Independent Vertex SetLet 'G' = (V, E) be a graph. A subset of 'V' is called an independent set of 'G' if no two vertices in 'S' are adjacent.ExampleConsider the following subsets from the above graphs −S1 = {e} S2 = {e, f} S3 = {a, g, c} S4 = {e, d}Clearly, S1 ... Read More