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simple path

(definition)

Definition: A path that repeats no vertex.

See also Hamiltonian path, cycle, enumerate all simple paths between two vertices.

Author: PEB


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Paul E. Black, "simple path", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 29 July 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/simplepath.html