Here is some intuition: The min weight edge E of a max val spanning
tree naturally cuts V into two sets S and V-S.  You should be able to
add a source and sink with infinite capacity edges from source to S
and V-S to sink and reason about flows across the cut to argue that it
is also a min cap cut with max edge E. The proof is an immediate
consequence of this.

On Nov 14, 10:13 pm, Sundi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Let G(V, E) be a weighted undirected graph. Let the value of a
> spanning tree be the minimum
> weight of the edges. Let the cap from a cut [S, V - S] (i.e, the set
> of undirected edges that
> connect a node in S to a node in the remaining set V -S) be the
> maximum weight of its edges.
> Prove that the maximum value of a spanning tree of G equals the
> minimum cap of a cut in G ?
>
> How to model his problem to a network flow problem, any hints
> thanks in advance!!

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