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So, is a hypothetical scenario, an employee that is their own supervisor?



Yes, but I'm not sure if you're implying that it's a nonsensical situation with that example. Lots of real-world graphs have genuine cycles.


For a good example of unexpected cycles you can see this classic question on genealogy software:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6163683/cycles-in-family...




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