Bellman Ford Algorithm Claims
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I had been solving [High Score](https://cses.fi/problemset/task/1673/) problem. After reading [some](https://mirror.codeforces.com/blog/entry/79981) [blogs](https://cp-algorithms.com/graph/bellman_ford.html), I was able to conclude:</ <br/>↵


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Claim 1:</b> Consider ALL```ALL``` cycles ```{ C(i) }``` reachable from source S```S```. In the Bellman Ford Algorithm, ```FOR EVERY``` cycle ```C(i)```,</br>↵
 ```THERE EXISTS A (```  a vertex) in ```C(i)``` whose distance is modified in the ```nth``` iteration of the Algorithm)↵

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Claim 2:</b> If the distance if a vertex is modified in the (nth```nth``` iteration), it must be the part of a negative cycle</br>


Can someone please verify if T```these Cclaims``` are correct? </br/>↵

The Solution idea to [High Score](https://cses.fi/problemset/task/1673/)<
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Multiply all edge weights by ```-1```, now we need to minimize our score<
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S: Source Vertex<
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D: Destination Vertex <
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C: A negative weight directed cycle<
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```IF:```<
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* In the ```nth``` iteration if there does not occur any relaxation for any edge, then there is no negative cycle reachable from ```S``` hence the answer ```dist(D)``` from Bellman Ford is the Correct answer <
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```ELSE:```<
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* There must exist a negative weight cycle reachable from ```S```. But this does not imply that the Minimum Score to reach ```D``` is ```-INFINITY```<
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==> It is possible that if we enter the cycle ```C```, it is not possible to reach ```D``` so it we can't keep reducing our score by cycling through the cycle.<
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* So we need to check if there exits a negative weight cycle ```C``` such that it is possible to reach ```C``` from ```S``` and then reach ```D``` from ```C```. <
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** If```If``` such a ```C``` exists, the minimum score to reach ```D``` from ```S``` is ```-INFINITY``` </br/>↵
** ```Else,``` bellman ford Gave us th ecorrect answer after the ```nth``` ( or ```(n-1)th``` ) iteration</br/>↵
All test cases passed<
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Could solmeone Acknowledge if ```Claim 1``` and ```Claim 2``` are correct? I believe they need to be for the correctness of the above mentioned solution.<
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en6 English frying_pan 2023-02-18 16:27:17 17
en5 English frying_pan 2023-02-18 16:22:38 2 Tiny change: ' distance if a vertex' -> ' distance of a vertex'
en4 English frying_pan 2023-02-18 16:13:18 9 Tiny change: '```ALL``` cycles ``' -> '```ALL``` negative cycles ``' (published)
en3 English frying_pan 2023-02-18 16:06:27 155 Tiny change: '`-INFINITY </br>\n**' -> '`-INFINITY``` </br>\n**'
en2 English frying_pan 2023-02-18 15:51:53 302 Tiny change: 'ect answer\nELSE:\n*' -> 'ect answer </br>\nELSE:\n*' (saved to drafts)
en1 English frying_pan 2023-02-18 15:36:17 1854 Initial revision (published)