树的重心
SGU #134 Centroid的题面给出了树的重心(centroid(s) of a tree)的定义:
Given a tree with $N$ vertices, in order to define the centroid, some integer value will be assosciated to every vertex. Let's consider the vertex $k$. If we remove the vertex $k$ from the tree (along with its adjacent edges), the remaining graph will have only $N-1$ vertices and may be composed of more than one connected components. Each of these components is (obviously) a tree. The value associated to vertex $k$ is the largest number of vertices contained by some connected component in the remaining graph, after the removal of vertex $k$. All the vertices for which the associated value is minimum are considered centroids.
简言之即:树中一点,删去它后所得若干棵树的节点数的最大值最小。
树的重心通过简单的DP即可求得。
树的重心的性质
以树的重心为根,则子树的点数不超过 $frac{N}{2}$ 。
证明:将重心记为 $u$,取 $u$ 的某个儿子 $v$,子树 $v$ 的点数记为 $size(v)$ 。若 $size(v) > frac N2$,则以点 $v$ 为根,所有子树的点数最大值将不超过 $max{ size(v) - 1, N - size(v)}< size(v)$,这意味着 $u$ 并不是树的重心。证毕。
注:上述 $frac N2$ 是在实数下的除法,不是按某种规则取整之后的。