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Clear, lively style covers all basics of theory and application, including Mathematical Models, Elementary Concepts of Graph Theory, Transportation Problems, Connection Problems, Party Problems, Diagraphs and Mathematical Models, Games and Puzzles, Graphs and Social Psychology, Planar Graphs and Coloring Problems, and Graphs and Other Mathematics.

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications; Unabridged edition (December 1, 1984)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0486247759
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486247755
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview for those with solid math background, July 3, 2002
By "johnb0123" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Introductory Graph Theory (Paperback)
This book is excellent, especially if you already have a pretty good background in math. I don't... high school math through calculus, almost all of which I've forgotten. But the appendix gets you up to speed on the basics of sets, functions, and proofs using mathematical induction. That was enough for me to get a lot out of all but the last chapter, which deals with matrices and groups. Although I have to admit that I occasionally needed to read an example four or five times before I really got it.

I definitely recommend this book for anyone interested in graph theory and to any serious software developer (which I why I picked it up). The ideas presented are directly applicable to that line of work.

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Holy Grail of Graph Theory, August 16, 2005
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This is, for all purposes, the Holy Grail of Graph Theory. It is older, but still very much applicable. As a computer scientist (instructor and Masters degree student), I highly recommend this for students studying Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory.

It has several examples throughout and the presentation is excellent. Many books on mathematics from this 'era' tend to be overly wordy and full of poorly explained examples and topics. This book suffers very little from this problem.

I recommend this to anyone looking for a good introductory book on Graph Theory. It also makes an excellent reference book for even the experienced individual.
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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Chemistry, Neural Nets, Matrix Manipulation -- all here, April 3, 2003
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While working on my math degree I wanted some light reading on Graph Theory for completing some side projects. This book hit the spot, and the examples saved me.

Chartrand uses applications from every field of interest (e.g. finance, Chemistry, Physics, games, social psychology, computers, etc.) Who would have thought that while reading a math book that a friendly discussion of social psychology would pop-up? Well, that's how Chartrand is able to keep us moving through the pages; he uses the common to reveal the mysteries of Graph Theory. Who doesn't know about the Tower of Hanoi or the Knight's Tour or the one-boat-fox-and-chickens problems? All of these classics make for ready connecting points, leading us into profound restatements of well-known problems. Not much space is devoted to creating artificial problems for which we must be convinced need solving, and so the book is rather thin (a real bonus for those of us who don't want to spend a month in a math book).

Picking up the book after having read it so long ago, I was happy to find that the chapters are nearly autonomous and can be profitably read by themselves -- so keep it as a reference and jump in as the need arises, you'll be both entertained and mathematically illumined.

My only complaint is that the writing style is rather thick with mathematical lingo (seemingly) for the sake of being technically pithy. I am not convinced that such is necessary for a good math book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Broad survey
This is an excellent introductory text. The coverage is quite broad, with excursions into planar graphs, Ramsey theory, coloring problems (including a proof of the 5-colour... Read more
Published 16 months ago by D. Wakeham

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a mathematical gem!
This book is great. I am a law student with dated mathematical background, and needed a primer on graph theory to work for a project. Read more
Published on August 7, 2008 by Jimbo

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book!
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Published on September 5, 2001 by David R. Kent

5.0 out of 5 stars Great introductory book to graph theory
This book is really god and informative, the topics are clearly explained even to the most novice of readers. Many practice problems. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Student's perspective
This was the text used in my undergraduate introduction toGraph Theory. It is quite good, and cheap! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
This is a very well written introduction, suitable for undergraduates or ambitious high school students. Read more
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