Dsa
Union Find
Easy
Minimize Redundant Connections
You are tasked with building a network with a specified number of nodes. However, some connections provided are redundant. Your goal is to determine the minimum number of connections that can be removed to keep the network fully connected.
Input Format:
- The first line contains two integers N (1 ≤ N ≤ 1000), the number of nodes, and M (1 ≤ M ≤ 1000), the number of connections.
- Each of the next M lines contains two integers a and b (1 ≤ a, b ≤ N), indicating a connection between nodes a and b.
Output Format:
- Print the minimum number of connections that need to be removed to maintain connectivity.
Example Input:
5 5
1 2
2 3
3 1
1 4
4 5
Example Output:
1
Key concepts
union_findgraph
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