Online minimum spanning trees with random edge weights
Prove that the optimal expected cost of building a spanning tree online, with random edge weights, converges, and find the limit.
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| 17 | "poser": "David Aldous, Omer Angel and Nathanael Berestycki", |
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| 19 | "as_of": "2026-10-20", |
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