Which of the following statements are TRUE?
- The problem of determining whether there exists a cycle in an undirected graph is in .
- The problem of determining whether there exists a cycle in an undirected graph is in .
- If a problem A is , there exists a non-deterministic polynomial time algorithm to solve
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Answer: A
Let us analyze each statement individually:
- Statement 1: "The problem of determining whether there exists a cycle in an undirected graph is in ."
We can detect a cycle in an undirected graph using Depth First Search (DFS), Breadth First Search (BFS), or a Disjoint Set Union (DSU) data structure. The time complexity of these algorithms is , which is polynomial in the size of the input. Thus, the problem belongs to class . (True) - Statement 2: "The problem of determining whether there exists a cycle in an undirected graph is in ."
Since the class is a subset of (), any problem that can be solved in polynomial time on a deterministic Turing machine can also be solved in polynomial time on a non-deterministic Turing machine. Since the problem is in , it is also in . (True) - Statement 3: "If a problem is , there exists a non-deterministic polynomial time algorithm to solve ."
By definition, a language/problem is if and only if:
1. , and
2. Every problem is polynomial-time reducible to ( is ).
Since , there must exist a non-deterministic polynomial-time algorithm that decides . (True)
Since statements 1, 2, and 3 are all true, the correct option is A.
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