Paper 2, Section I, H

Optimization
Part IB, 2011

Let N={1,,n}N=\{1, \ldots, n\} be the set of nodes of a network, where 1 is the source and nn is the sink\operatorname{sink}. Let cijc_{i j} denote the capacity of the arc from node ii to node jj.

(i) In the context of maximising the flow through this network, define the following terms: feasible flow, flow value, cut, cut capacity.

(ii) State and prove the max-flow min-cut theorem for network flows.