Overview
This textbook acts as a pathway to higher mathematics by seeking and illuminating the connections between graph theory and diverse fields of mathematics, such as calculus on manifolds, group theory, algebraic curves, Fourier analysis, cryptography and other areas of combinatorics. An overview of graph theory definitions and polynomial invariants for graphs prepares the reader for the subsequent dive into the applications of graph theory. To pique the reader’s interest in areas of possible exploration, recent results in mathematics appear throughout the book, accompanied with examples of related graphs, how they arise, and what their valuable uses are. The consequences of graph theory covered by the authors are complicated and far-reaching, so topics are always exhibited in a user-friendly manner with copious graphs, exercises, and Sage code for the computation of equations. Samples of the book’s source code can be found at github.com/springer-math/adventures-in-graph-theory. The text is geared towards advanced undergraduate and graduate students and is particularly useful for those trying to decide what type of problem to tackle for their dissertation. This book can also serve as a reference for anyone interested in exploring how they can apply graph theory to other parts of mathematics.
Full Product Details
Author: W. David Joyner ,
Caroline Grant Melles
Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint: Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Weight: 0.545kg
ISBN: 9783319885933
ISBN 10: 3319885936
Pages: 327
Publication Date: 06 June 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The book illustrates and explores connections between graph theory and other areas of combinatorics. ... This book is really interdisciplinary and it is a good source for mathematicians of diverse areas to understand its relations with graph theory. ... The text is geared towards advanced undergraduate and graduate students and is particularly useful for those trying to decide what type of problem to tackle for their dissertation. (Vilmar Trevisan, zbMATH 1406.05001, 2019)
Author Information
David Joyner is a professor at the United States Naval Academy Mathematics Department. His research areas include error-correcting code, representation theory, and the applications of number theory to communication theory and cryptography.Caroline Grant Melles is a professor at the United States Naval Academy Mathematics Department.
