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Definition: A path is a sequence of nodes connected by edges:

p is path in G : <=>
   (exists n in N>0: p: Nn -> V /\ 
      forall i in Nn-1: <pi, pi+1> in E) where V=G0, E=G1.

The length of a path is the number of edges it contains:

length(p) := such n in N: exists V: p: Nn+1 -> V.
A path from x to y has initial node x and terminal node y
p is path from x to y : <=>
   p0 = x /\  pn = y where n = length(p).

Author: Wolfgang Schreiner
Last Modification: January 26, 2000

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