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Part 6 of 11 — Walk Closed

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Concept

A closed walk is a walk that starts and ends at the same vertex. Unlike a path, a closed walk may repeat vertices and edges.


A B C D E
The walk (A, C, B, A) is a closed walk, since it starts and ends at vertex A. As vertex A is repeated, this walk is not a path.