Kruskal builds a minimum spanning tree by sorting edges and adding the cheapest that does not form a cycle, using union-find for the cycle check. The signal is the greedy cut property and why disjoint-set is the right tool. Here is the answer.
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Kruskal builds a minimum spanning tree by sorting edges and adding the cheapest that does not form a cycle, using union-find for the cycle check. The signal is the greedy cut property and why disjoint-set is the right tool. Here is the answer.
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