The scaling limit of the minimum spanning tree of the complete graph
Salle WConsider the complete graph on n vertices with independent andidentically distributed edge-weights having some absolutely continuousdistribution. The minimum spanning tree (MST) is simply the spanningsubtree of smallest weight. It is straightforward to construct theMST using one of several natural algorithms. Kruskal's algorithmbuilds the tree edge by edge starting from the globally lowest-weightedge and then adding other edges one by one in increasing order ofweight, as long as they do not create any cycles. At each step of thisprocess, the algorithm has generated a forest, which becomes connectedon the final step. […]