# Is an Eulerian circuit an Eulerian path?

I learned that

A connected graph has an Eulerian path if and only if it has at most two vertices of odd degree.

However, because of the term "at most", I'm very confused. What if a graph has $$0$$ vertices of odd degree, which satisfies "at most". Then does the graph have an Eulerian path?

I thought that a connected graph with $$0$$ vertices of odd degree has a Eulerian circuit.

Does "Eulerian path" include "Eulerian circuit"? Aren't the definitions of path and circuit definitely differently?

• A connected graph has an Eulerian path if and only if etc., etc. – Gerry Myerson Apr 10 '18 at 11:07
• @GerryMyerson That is not correct: if you delete any edge from a circuit, the resulting path cannot be Eulerian (it does not traverse all the edges). If a graph has a Eulerian circuit, then that circuit also happens to be a path (which might be, but does not have to be closed). – dtldarek Apr 10 '18 at 13:08
• If "path" is defined in such a way that a circuit can't be a path, then OP is correct, a graph with an Eulerian circuit doesn't have an Eulerian path. – Gerry Myerson Apr 10 '18 at 21:36