How to learn Minimum Spanning Tree - Kruskal and Prim for coding interviews?

Master Minimum Spanning Tree - Kruskal and Prim by understanding the core concept and practicing related problems. Key topics: minimum spanning tree, MST, Kruskal algorithm, Prim algorithm, min cost connect.

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Minimum Spanning Tree - Kruskal and Prim

Find minimum spanning tree using Kruskal's or Prim's algorithm with Union-Find or heap.

Topics

minimum spanning treeMSTKruskal algorithmPrim algorithmmin cost connect

What you'll learn

•Core concepts and intuition behind Minimum Spanning Tree - Kruskal and Prim
•Step-by-step implementation with code examples
•Time and space complexity analysis
•Common interview problems and variations

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DFS Connected Components - Island Counting

Use DFS to find connected components and count islands in grids. Flood fill and province counting problems.

BFS Connected Components - Shortest Path in Grid

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Topological Sort - Kahn's Algorithm

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Cycle Detection in Directed Graph

Detect cycles in directed graphs using DFS with coloring (white, gray, black) approach.

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