Minimum Spanning Tree Finder
Find a minimum spanning tree of an edge-weighted graph using Kruskal's algorithm; disconnected graphs get a minimum spanning forest.
Description
Find a minimum spanning tree of an edge-weighted graph using Kruskal's algorithm; disconnected graphs get a minimum spanning forest.
Minimum Spanning Tree Finder is a focused tool for the following task. Find a minimum spanning tree of an edge-weighted graph using Kruskal's algorithm; disconnected graphs get a minimum spanning forest. It reports Tree edges, Total weight, Edge count, Component count from the values you provide rather than inventing measurements, coefficients, or professional judgment that are not part of the input.
When to use Minimum Spanning Tree Finder
Use this graph algorithm when node identity, edge direction, edge weights, traversal ordering, and reachability semantics match the supplied representation.
- Weighted graph
- Required object. Object with an "edges" array of [from, to, weight] triples plus an optional "nodes" array naming isolated vertices.
The cited overview of Graph theory supplies background for the terminology and domain context used by this tool.1
How Minimum Spanning Tree Finder works
Find a minimum spanning tree of an edge-weighted graph using Kruskal's algorithm; disconnected graphs get a minimum spanning forest. Inputs are interpreted exactly in the displayed units and the calculation returns the following fields without presentation rounding.
- Tree edges
- Returned list. Chosen edges as "u|v" name pairs with the lexicographically smaller endpoint first.
- Total weight
- Returned number. Sum of chosen edge weights.
- Edge count
- Returned integer. Number of chosen edges.
- Component count
- Returned integer. Remaining component count after merging (one for a connected graph).
Limitations and assumptions
- Invalid weights, duplicate edges, disconnected components, cycles, tie-breaking, and graph size can change correctness, determinism, or resource use depending on the algorithm.
- Use finite inputs in the displayed units, preserve source measurements and assumptions, and independently verify consequential decisions.
Alternative or Complementary approaches
Visualize and test a small graph with known answers, then use a mature graph library when scale, negative weights, persistence, or advanced diagnostics matter.
References
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Graph theory — Wikipedia contributors
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