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An Euler path in a graph is a path which traverses each edge of the graph exactly once. An Euler path which is a cycle is called an Euler cycle. For loopless graphs without isolated vertices, the existence of an Euler path implies the connectedness of the graph, since traversing every edge of such a graph requires visiting each vertex at least once.
If a connected graph has an Euler path, one can be constructed by applying Fleury's algorithm. A connected graph has an Euler path if it has exactly zero or two vertices of odd degree. If every vertex has even degree, the graph has an Euler cycle.
This graph has an Euler cycle. All of its vertices are of even degree.
This graph has an Euler path which is not a cycle. It has exactly two vertices of odd degree.
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See Also: Euler circuit, graph
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Euler cycle |
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Euler path, Euler circuit |
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Cross-references: even, degree, odd, Fleury's algorithm, connected graph, connectedness, implies, vertices, isolated, cycle, edge, path, graph
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This is version 14 of Euler path, born on 2001-11-28, modified 2007-01-20.
Object id is 1043, canonical name is EulerPath.
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| AMS MSC: | 05C38 (Combinatorics :: Graph theory :: Paths and cycles) |
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