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Redundant Grids

An electrical grid consists of N nodes. A power cluster is 'Redundant' if it contains at least one cycle (meaning there's more than one path between at least two nodes in that cluster). Given M cables added one by one, find out how many nodes are part of a Redundant cluster after each cable is added. Input Format: First line: N (nodes), M (cables). Next M lines: Two integers u and v (a cable connecting node u and v). Output Format: M lines: The number of nodes belonging to clusters that are Redundant. Example: Input: 3 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 Output: 0 0 3 Explanation: - (0,1): No cycle. Redundant nodes: 0. - (1,2): No cycle. Redundant nodes: 0. - (2,0): Cycle formed in cluster {0,1,2}. All 3 nodes are now in a redundant cluster.

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