Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
An exact formula for the expected length of the minimum spanning tree of a connected graph, with independent and identical edge distribution, is given, which generalizes Steele's formula in the uniform case. For a complete graph, the difference of expected lengths between exponential distribution, with rate one, and uniform distribution on the interval (0, 1) is shown to be positive and of rate ζ(3)/n. For wheel graphs, precise values of expected lengths are given via calculations of the associated Tutte polynomials.
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