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Parents and Children

Definition: Let T be a tree. A node y is called a child of x if there is an edge from x to y in T:

y is child of x in T: <=>
   <x, y> in E where E = T1.

x is then called the parent of y:

parentT(y) := such x in V: <x, y> in E
   where V = T0, E = T1.

Every node (apart from the root) has a unique parent.


Author: Wolfgang Schreiner
Last Modification: January 26, 2000

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