Hi, You can construct a BFS tree. Then if there are two non-tree edges with a common vertex, I think there will be a nested loop at that vertex. There might not be any common edges in the nested loop too.
I hope this makes sense. On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:51 PM, MAC <macatad...@gmail.com> wrote: > @mohit : i disagree.. precisely bcoz of the reason you cited we can only > check common nodes between cycles and nothing else .. please correct me if i > am wrong > > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:34 PM, mohit verma <mohit89m...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> @ MAC , i think it was not right to inspect common nodes in different >> cycles. >> >> say in the above picture the two inner nodes of inner cycle are out side >> the bigger cycle (towards A) then co-ordinates of the inner cycle will >> change and no cycle nested but having common nodes. >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 9:13 PM, MAC <macatad...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> it was loops sharing common edges ,, (i said find all cycles and see if >>> there is some cycles having coomon nodes between them and he was not happy >>> ) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Piyush Grover < >>> piyush4u.iit...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> loop within a loop, what exactly that means?? >>>> Nee to consider the planarity or two loops sharing common edge/s?? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 8:46 PM, MAC <macatad...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Q The question asked in interview of a startup : suppose you have a >>>>> graph as shown bellow : please see the attachment . The red dots are graph >>>>> vertexes ( you can see 1 vertex alone , aloof ) >>>>> so you can see there are 2 cycles one inside another . How will you >>>>> find such a scenario in a graph i.e. a cycle within a cycle. >>>>> >>>>> When i couldn't answer he asked how will you find strongly conected >>>>> components of a graph (since it was follow up it MIGHT be related to >>>>> solution but thought its good to share ) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> any thoughts on these 2 questions >>>>> -- >>>>> thanks >>>>> --mac >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> thanks >>> --mac >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ........................ >> *MOHIT VERMA* >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > thanks > --mac > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- Regards, -Jay Mahadeokar -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.