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Count unreachable pair of nodes in an undirected graph

Posted on July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 by admin

Overview

An integer n is given. There are n  nodes numbered 0 to n-1.  A 2D integer array edges is also given where edges[i] = [ai, bi] means that there is an undirected node from ai to bi.

The  objective is  to  find the  number of pairs of nodes that are unreachable from each other

Example 1

n=3
edges=[{0,1}]

Graph

Output

2

We  have  two pairs that are not connected

[{0,2}, {1,2}]

Example 2

n=9
edges=[{0,1},{0,4},{0,5},{2,3},{2,6},{7,8}]

Graph

Output:

26

We  have  26 pairs that are not connected

[{0,2}, {0,3}, {0,6}, {0,7}, {0,8},
{1,2}, {1,3}, {1,6}, {1,7}, {1,8},
{4,2}, {4,3}, {4,6}, {4,7}, {4,8},
{5,2}, {5,3}, {5,6}, {5,7}, {5,8},
{7,2}, {7,3}, {7,6},
{8,2}, {8,3}, {8,6}]

Idea is to do a DFS  from each of the nodes which are not visited to identify the number of nodes in each connected graph within the disconnected graph. For example, above, the number of nodes in each connected graph is

4
3
2

Then we simply find the number of pairs from each connected graph

Program

Below is the program for the same

package main

import "fmt"

func countPairs(n int, edges [][]int) int64 {
	nodeMap := make(map[int][]int)

	for i := 0; i < len(edges); i++ {
		nodeMap[edges[i][0]] = append(nodeMap[edges[i][0]], edges[i][1])
		nodeMap[edges[i][1]] = append(nodeMap[edges[i][1]], edges[i][0])
	}

	visited := make(map[int]bool)

	var output int64
	var totalNodesVisited int64
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		if !visited[i] {
			nodeVisited := visit(i, nodeMap, &visited)
			if totalNodesVisited != 0 {
				output += totalNodesVisited * nodeVisited
			}
			totalNodesVisited += nodeVisited
		}
	}
	return output
}

func visit(source_node int, nodeMap map[int][]int, visited *map[int]bool) int64 {
	(*visited)[source_node] = true

	var totalNodeVisited int64
	totalNodeVisited = 1
	neighbours, ok := nodeMap[source_node]
	if ok {
		for _, neighbour := range neighbours {
			if !(*visited)[neighbour] {
				nodeVisited := visit(neighbour, nodeMap, visited)
				totalNodeVisited += nodeVisited
			}
		}
	}

	return totalNodeVisited
}

func main() {

	n := 3
	edges := [][]int{{0, 1}}
	output := countPairs(n, edges)
	fmt.Println(output)

	n = 9
	edges = [][]int{{0, 1}, {0, 4}, {0, 5}, {2, 3}, {2, 6}, {7, 8}}
	output = countPairs(n, edges)
	fmt.Println(output)
}

Output:

2
26

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