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R0035-18463 · q-20261014-advance-20261104-r06-spanning-tree-0088 ## Original question and givens Use the complete finite undirected loop-free simple parent graph on Fin(5)={0,…,4}, canonical sorted edges=[[0, 1], [1, 2], [1, 3], [1, 4], [2, 3], [3, 4]], and distinct parent-edge selection=[0, 1, 4, 5], sorted increasingly. The selected subgraph retains every parent vertex, including isolated vertices. Audit parent connectivity, selected connectivity and acyclicity separately. A spanning tree is connected and acyclic on that full carrier; n−1 selected edges alone do not suffice. No edge weights or minimum-weight objective are supplied. Give (spanning_tree, weighted_minimum_claim, boundary). - G001 — Use the complete finite undirected loop-free simple parent graph on Fin(5)={0,…,4}, canonical sorted edges=[[0, 1], [1, 2], [1, 3], [1, 4], [2, 3], [3, 4]], and distinct parent-edge selection=[0, 1, 4, 5], sorted increasingly. The selected subgraph retains every parent vertex, including isolated vertices. Audit parent connectivity, selected connectivity and acyclicity separately. A spanning tree is connected and acyclic on that full carrier; n−1 selected edges alone do not suffice. No edge weights or minimum-weight objective are supplied. Give (spanning_tree, weighted_minimum_claim, boundary). ## Definition and scope Use the original question domain, assumptions and cited MKO definitions. This item has second-context mathematical and bilingual review, with the model, answer and every arithmetic step independently recomputed from the original parameters; the source question remains a candidate. - [mko-spanning-tree](https://ocme.evemisslab.com/en/mko/mko-spanning-tree/) ## Step-by-step derivation S001 · impliesBefore source operation=spantree-non-mst-boundary;original snapshot and mathematics retained After explicit ordered source output fields=[spanning_tree, weighted_minimum_claim, boundary] Conditions: none Keep the historical interface marker in the original snapshot while giving ordered fields here,without JavaScript or an external table.Labels are not mathematical evidence,and each No marker retains the operation's claim scope. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: source_ordered_interface_explicit_without_javascript · Uses: G001 S002 · impliesBefore complete original vertex carrier Fin(5);canonical original edges=[[0, 1], [1, 2], [1, 3], [1, 4], [2, 3], [3, 4]];raw selected edge indices=[0, 1, 4, 5] After sorted unique ORIGINAL selection=[0, 1, 4, 5];selected edges=[[0, 1], [1, 2], [2, 3], [3, 4]];ALL parent vertices retained;no10-edge cap or weights Conditions: none This family bounds vertices by12 but has no maximum-matching10-edge cap.Select only original edges,retain every vertex including isolates,and normalize selection order without changing original indices.No weights or minimization objective are supplied. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_original_graph_whole_carrier_not_matching_domain · Uses: G001, S001 S003 · impliesBefore parent graph:actual edge index=0;edge=[0, 1];reached from=0;new vertex=1 After original-edge path from0=[0, 1];reached vertices=[0, 1] Conditions: none Each newly reached vertex has an actual-edge path from0;do not guess connectivity from counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_discovered_vertex_path_witness · Uses: G001, S002 S004 · impliesBefore parent graph:actual edge index=1;edge=[1, 2];reached from=1;new vertex=2 After original-edge path from0=[0, 1, 2];reached vertices=[0, 1, 2] Conditions: none Each newly reached vertex has an actual-edge path from0;do not guess connectivity from counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_discovered_vertex_path_witness · Uses: G001, S003 S005 · impliesBefore parent graph:actual edge index=2;edge=[1, 3];reached from=1;new vertex=3 After original-edge path from0=[0, 1, 3];reached vertices=[0, 1, 2, 3] Conditions: none Each newly reached vertex has an actual-edge path from0;do not guess connectivity from counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_discovered_vertex_path_witness · Uses: G001, S004 S006 · impliesBefore parent graph:actual edge index=3;edge=[1, 4];reached from=1;new vertex=4 After original-edge path from0=[0, 1, 4];reached vertices=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4] Conditions: none Each newly reached vertex has an actual-edge path from0;do not guess connectivity from counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_discovered_vertex_path_witness · Uses: G001, S005 S007 · impliesBefore parent graph:complete carrier Fin(5);ALL graph edges=[[0, 1], [1, 2], [1, 3], [1, 4], [2, 3], [3, 4]];reached=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4];unreached=[] After every graph edge stays within reached or its complement;connected=Yes Conditions: none After the queue is exhausted,no edge crosses the reached/unreached cut.Unreached vertices therefore have no path from0;otherwise path witnesses cover the carrier.A one-vertex empty-edge graph is connected via its initial vertex. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_reachability_and_closed_cut_completeness · Uses: G001, S006 S008 · impliesBefore selected spanning subgraph:actual edge index=0;edge=[0, 1];reached from=0;new vertex=1 After original-edge path from0=[0, 1];reached vertices=[0, 1] Conditions: none Each newly reached vertex has an actual-edge path from0;do not guess connectivity from counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_discovered_vertex_path_witness · Uses: G001, S007 S009 · impliesBefore selected spanning subgraph:actual edge index=1;edge=[1, 2];reached from=1;new vertex=2 After original-edge path from0=[0, 1, 2];reached vertices=[0, 1, 2] Conditions: none Each newly reached vertex has an actual-edge path from0;do not guess connectivity from counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_discovered_vertex_path_witness · Uses: G001, S008 S010 · impliesBefore selected spanning subgraph:actual edge index=2;edge=[2, 3];reached from=2;new vertex=3 After original-edge path from0=[0, 1, 2, 3];reached vertices=[0, 1, 2, 3] Conditions: none Each newly reached vertex has an actual-edge path from0;do not guess connectivity from counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_discovered_vertex_path_witness · Uses: G001, S009 S011 · impliesBefore selected spanning subgraph:actual edge index=3;edge=[3, 4];reached from=3;new vertex=4 After original-edge path from0=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4];reached vertices=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4] Conditions: none Each newly reached vertex has an actual-edge path from0;do not guess connectivity from counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_discovered_vertex_path_witness · Uses: G001, S010 S012 · impliesBefore selected spanning subgraph:complete carrier Fin(5);ALL graph edges=[[0, 1], [1, 2], [2, 3], [3, 4]];reached=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4];unreached=[] After every graph edge stays within reached or its complement;connected=Yes Conditions: none After the queue is exhausted,no edge crosses the reached/unreached cut.Unreached vertices therefore have no path from0;otherwise path witnesses cover the carrier.A one-vertex empty-edge graph is connected via its initial vertex. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_reachability_and_closed_cut_completeness · Uses: G001, S011 S013 · impliesBefore original selected edge index=0;edge=[0, 1];previous forest component roots=[0, 1] After closes cycle=No;actual cycle witness=[] Conditions: none If endpoints were already in the same forest component,the previous forest path plus this actual edge gives a cycle.Otherwise joining two components preserves acyclicity.Check every selected edge,not merely n−1 counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_edge_cycle_or_forest_extension · Uses: G001, S012 S014 · impliesBefore original selected edge index=1;edge=[1, 2];previous forest component roots=[0, 2] After closes cycle=No;actual cycle witness=[] Conditions: none If endpoints were already in the same forest component,the previous forest path plus this actual edge gives a cycle.Otherwise joining two components preserves acyclicity.Check every selected edge,not merely n−1 counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_edge_cycle_or_forest_extension · Uses: G001, S013 S015 · impliesBefore original selected edge index=4;edge=[2, 3];previous forest component roots=[0, 3] After closes cycle=No;actual cycle witness=[] Conditions: none If endpoints were already in the same forest component,the previous forest path plus this actual edge gives a cycle.Otherwise joining two components preserves acyclicity.Check every selected edge,not merely n−1 counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_edge_cycle_or_forest_extension · Uses: G001, S014 S016 · impliesBefore original selected edge index=5;edge=[3, 4];previous forest component roots=[0, 4] After closes cycle=No;actual cycle witness=[] Conditions: none If endpoints were already in the same forest component,the previous forest path plus this actual edge gives a cycle.Otherwise joining two components preserves acyclicity.Check every selected edge,not merely n−1 counts. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_every_edge_cycle_or_forest_extension · Uses: G001, S015 S017 · impliesBefore same complete vertex carrier Fin(5);parent connected=Yes;selected connected=Yes;all cycle witnesses=[] After selected acyclic=Yes;spanning tree validity=Yes Conditions: none A disconnected parent has no spanning tree,but failure of one selection in a connected parent does not refute existence of another.This audit retains all vertices and conjoins selected connectivity and acyclicity without dropping isolates. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_connectivity_acyclicity_full_vertices_conjunction · Uses: G001, S016 S018 · impliesBefore unweighted supplied graph;actual spanning-tree validity=Yes;no edge weights/minimum objective supplied After weighted minimum CLAIM supplied=No (withheld);unweighted_spanning_tree_not_minimum_spanning_tree_claim Conditions: none The No does not prove the tree nonoptimal under every separately added weighting.It withholds a weighted optimization claim when no such problem was supplied. Step identifiers and dependenciesRule: spantree_no_weighted_claim_not_disproved_optimality · Uses: G001, S017 ## Reverse checks - S018 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S017 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S016 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S015 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S014 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S013 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S012 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S011 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S010 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S009 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S008 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S007 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S006 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S005 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S004 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S003 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S002 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. - S001 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence. ## Result (Yes, No, unweighted_spanning_tree_not_minimum_spanning_tree_claim) The full substitutions and premise checks give the original answer; source identity,format and status are unchanged. ## This question review and source binding Review date: 2026-10-26 Original questions, answers, step expressions, numeric ASTs and historical records are retained. Source candidate labels remain historical and are not overwritten as formal proof. Source hashes and review receipts - input commit: 0f7be61e2c22317a4075561dc822c87d881a50db - original question SHA-256: 39b546226e4df0e64ff5381745efcc048b4e5f580b1bb2d0b5aa0e465c897787 - candidate record SHA-256: a28ed0f156a861de6290ff3958da750508976ca5c37ac491d021c68962d00654 - semantic review receipt SHA-256: 713db6309b22bf8b31f0253d4aaa7aca9011ab908587ae0e9d4a365edce1f9bc - question-first witness SHA-256: 0338a3db344ab237113fc63be29153c3684da96e388109e9dcd913a0a693aed2 - Lean: NOT_RUN · human review: NOT_PERFORMED [Same-source full JSON](https://ocme.evemisslab.com/data/question-derivations/questions/q-20261014-advance-20261104-r06-spanning-tree-0088.json)