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Trees Terminology

This document defines common tree terminology including root, leaf, edge, path, subtree, ancestors and descendants. It describes different types of trees such as binary trees, ordered trees, full binary trees, and complete binary trees. The document also lists 5 theorems about properties of trees, such as a non-empty tree with n vertices having n-1 edges, and the number of vertices in a complete binary tree of height h being 2^h+1 - 1.

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Trees Terminology

This document defines common tree terminology including root, leaf, edge, path, subtree, ancestors and descendants. It describes different types of trees such as binary trees, ordered trees, full binary trees, and complete binary trees. The document also lists 5 theorems about properties of trees, such as a non-empty tree with n vertices having n-1 edges, and the number of vertices in a complete binary tree of height h being 2^h+1 - 1.

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Siblings

Tree Terminology  Two nodes with the same


parent

Vertex / Node Leaf / Terminal Vertex


 Node with no child
 An object, entity or container

Root Non-leaf / Internal Vertex


 Has at least one child
 Top-most node

Edge / Arc Level / Depth of a vertex


 Length of simple path (edges)
 Connects a pair of vertices
from root to a node
 Has 1 input and can have
 Number of ancestors
several outputs
 Root’s level is 0

Path of length k Height / Depth of a tree


 Sequence of vertices
 Maximum level among vertices

Simple path Empty tree


 Path with distinct edges
 No nodes

Tree T=(V,E) Degree of a vertex


 Finite set of vertices V
 Number of children
 Edges E on V
 Unique simple path between
any of vertices Degree of a tree
 No cycles  Maximum degree among
vertices
Rooted Tree
 Tree with fixed vertex as root K-ary tree / Binary Tree
 Tree with degree not more than
k
Forest  Tree with degree not more than
 Collection of disjoint trees
2
 Degree of the tree should be
Ancestor / Above less than or equal to k (k should
 Any node in the simple path be bigger than the degree)
from a vertex to the root
Ordered Tree
Descendant / Below  Children of each vertex is
 Any node in the simple path ordered
from a vertex to the leaf node  E.g. 1st child, 2nd child

Parent Ordered Binary Tree


 Immediate ancestor of a node  Ordered 2-ary tree
 Each child is either left or right
Child
 Immediate descendant of a Left and Right Children
node  Vertex on parent’s left/right
branch

CHAPTER 6 - TREES
Full Binary Tree
 Binary tree where each vertex
is either a leaf or has 2 children

Complete Binary Tree


 Full binary tree with all leaves at
deepest level
 All levels has maximal number
of vertices

Almost Complete Binary Tree


 All levels has maximal number
of vertices except possible the
last
 Vertices at the last level are as
left as possible

Subtree
 A tree is a subtree of itself
 Empty tree is a subtree of every
other tree (improper subset)
 Portion of a tree that can be
viewed as a complete tree in
itself. Any node in a tree,
together with all the nodes
below it, comprise a subtree of
the tree

Tree Theorems

1. A non-empty tree with n (n>0)


vertices has n-1 edges
2. The simple path between any
two vertices in a tree is unique
(cycle is not allowed)
3. A full binary non-empty tree with
k internal vertices has k+1 leaves
4. The number of vertices at level L
of a complete binary tree with
height h >= L >= 0, is 2^L
5. The number of vertices in a
complete binary tree of height h
is 2^h+1 – 1
6. The height h of a binary tree with
n vertices is at least lg (n+1) – 1

CHAPTER 6 - TREES

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