Metamath Proof Explorer


Definition df-spths

Description: Define the set of all simple paths (in an undirected graph).

According to Wikipedia ("Path (graph theory)", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(graph_theory) , 3-Oct-2017): "A path is a trail in which all vertices (except possibly the first and last) are distinct. ... use the term simple path to refer to a path which contains no repeated vertices."

Therefore, a simple path can be represented by an injective mapping f from { 1 , ... , n } and an injective mapping p from { 0 , ... , n }, where f enumerates the (indices of the) different edges, and p enumerates the vertices. So the simple path is also represented by the following sequence: p(0) e(f(1)) p(1) e(f(2)) ... p(n-1) e(f(n)) p(n). (Contributed by Alexander van der Vekens, 20-Oct-2017) (Revised by AV, 9-Jan-2021)

Ref Expression
Assertion df-spths
|- SPaths = ( g e. _V |-> { <. f , p >. | ( f ( Trails ` g ) p /\ Fun `' p ) } )

Detailed syntax breakdown

Step Hyp Ref Expression
0 cspths
 |-  SPaths
1 vg
 |-  g
2 cvv
 |-  _V
3 vf
 |-  f
4 vp
 |-  p
5 3 cv
 |-  f
6 ctrls
 |-  Trails
7 1 cv
 |-  g
8 7 6 cfv
 |-  ( Trails ` g )
9 4 cv
 |-  p
10 5 9 8 wbr
 |-  f ( Trails ` g ) p
11 9 ccnv
 |-  `' p
12 11 wfun
 |-  Fun `' p
13 10 12 wa
 |-  ( f ( Trails ` g ) p /\ Fun `' p )
14 13 3 4 copab
 |-  { <. f , p >. | ( f ( Trails ` g ) p /\ Fun `' p ) }
15 1 2 14 cmpt
 |-  ( g e. _V |-> { <. f , p >. | ( f ( Trails ` g ) p /\ Fun `' p ) } )
16 0 15 wceq
 |-  SPaths = ( g e. _V |-> { <. f , p >. | ( f ( Trails ` g ) p /\ Fun `' p ) } )