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		tantalor on Sept 29, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "Algorithm" is not a four letter word > This set of potential spanning trees is called a spanning forest. A spanning forest is a graph, not a set. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanning_forest

pork on Sept 29, 2011 [–]

If you insist on being pedantic, you can compose a set of spanning trees into a spanning forest, which is a graph.

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