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Maximum Flow, Minimum Cut Theorem


The maximum flow between vertices v_i and v_j in a graph G is exactly the weight of the smallest set of edges to disconnect G with v_i and v_j in different components (Ford and Fulkerson 1962; Skiena 1990, p. 178).


See also

Network Flow

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References

Ford, L. R. and Fulkerson, D. R. Flows in Networks. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1962.Skiena, S. Implementing Discrete Mathematics: Combinatorics and Graph Theory with Mathematica. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1990.

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