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A Yes
B No
C I dont know
A Yes
B No
Lets look at a short video talking about what this means. But, we
mention one point in a little more detail than in the video. The
degree of a vertex on a graph is the number of edges going into it.
This notion came up while solving the 7 bridges of Konigsberg
problem. A tree is irreducible if the degree of a vertex is never 2.
It is correct that the problem Will Hunting solved is much easier than
indicated in the movie. Here is one approach to solving it. The
problem is to find all 10 vertex trees which are irreducible. So, we
cant have any vertex of degree 2.
These two represent the same graph; we can just drag the three
vertices on the top right along with edges connecting them to the
bottom or the picture.
With similar reasoning we can see that there are two trees whose
largest degree is 4, and two trees which have no vertex of degree
larger than 3. Without going through the details, here are pictures of
them.
1 2 3 4
5 6 7
9 10
The Math in Good Will Hunting 28/36
These pictures look different than the ones shown earlier, but they
represent the same information. The idea of the word
homeomorphically is that how a tree is drawn isnt important; if
you can shift the vertices around without changing the edges, you
have the same graph, essentially.
Well compare the graphs in this latest picture with the ones drawn
earlier. The issue will be to try to figure out, given one of the trees
drawn before, which one of the 10 in the latest picture has the same
information.
Which of these trees is the same as the tree on the left? Enter the
number on your clicker.
1 2 3 4
5 6 7
9 10
5 6 7
9 10
Which of these trees is the same as the tree on the left? Enter the
number on your clicker.
1 2 3 4
5 6 7
9 10
1 2 3 4
5 6 7
9 10
Which of these trees is the same as the tree on the left? Enter the
number on your clicker.
1 2 3 4
5 6 7
9 10
1 2 3 4
5 6 7
9 10
Next week well discuss interest rates. Well start by talking about
compound interest, the type that is paid in savings accounts and is
the basis of all discussion of interest rates. Well then move on to
loans, including home and car loans, and then discuss credit cards and
annuities.