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Timeline for Greedy algorithm for vertex cover

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Mar 14, 2021 at 22:07 vote accept Mario Giambarioli
Aug 6, 2020 at 20:12 comment added Yuval Filmus It will choose, say $A$, and add its three neighbors $B,C,D$. This is actually optimal – you need three vertices to cover all edges of the clique.
Aug 6, 2020 at 16:19 comment added Bernardo Subercaseaux Why would the algorithm "add $3$ more vertices"? I see that it will add only $2$. The isolated vertex is not taken into account by the algorithm as step 1 only considers vertices with degree at least 1.
Aug 6, 2020 at 15:56 history answered Yuval Filmus CC BY-SA 4.0