This is the archived version of this course from the Spring 2013 semester. You might find something more recent by visitning my teaching page.
In the randomized MST algorithm we saw in class, each edge is selected to go into H with probability \(\frac{1}{2}\).
What if we made this probabilitiy slightly lower or slightly higher, for example selecting edges for the subgraph with probability \(\frac{1}{3}\) or \(\frac{4}{5}\) or something else. I don't need you to do the full analysis, but tell me how lowering or raising this probability would affect:
So for each of the things above, say how it would change if the probability were increased or if it were decreased, and why. (Note that many of the above factors are related to each other!)