Modern graph theory
by Béla Bollobás · first published 1998
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This book is an in-depth account of graph theory; it reflects the current state of the subject and emphasizes connections with other branches of pure mathematics. The volume grew out of the author's earlier book, Graph Theory - An Introductory Course, but its length is well over twice that of its predecessor, allowing it to reveal many new developments in the subject. Recognizing that graph theory is one of several courses competing for the attention of a student, the book contains extensive descriptive passages designed to convey the flavor of the subject and to arouse interest.
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…Ullman. (Thanks, @reacweb, for the reminder.) * “Graph Theory”, by Reinhard Diestel. * If you feel you want to go deeper, and like a book which you cannot skip a single word, I strongly recommend “Modern Graph Theory”, by Béla Bollobás: it is one of my favorite textbooks ever! * “The Algorithm Design Manual”, by Steven Skiena. * While a lot of people seems to praise either the Cormen et al. or the Sedgewick…
on “Ask HN: What are the most fundamental books on computer science?” ↗…some: For classical enumerative combinatorics, there is Richard Stanley's 'Enumerative Combinatorics'. For graph theory, Diestel's book 'Graph Theory' is popular for introductory courses, and Bollobas' 'Modern Graph Theory' is more advanced and (as the title says) modern. And there is Laszlo Lovasz's fantastic 'Combinatorial Problems and Exercises', which is a collection of problems and answers, and is a great way to get…
on “What Is Combinatorics? (2013)” ↗…cup of tea at all and there are more abstract or formal books like Rudin's. If you want to approach fields without a lot of machinery, graph theory books by Bollobas are great (but difficult). See his Modern Graph Theory book [4] as an example. For linear algebra, one of my favorites (but it was after I already learned the subject) is Trefethen's Numerical Linear Algebra book [5]. Another beautiful topic is at the intersection…
on “Ask HN: Math books that made you significantly better at math?” ↗…good CS books that I found: Approximation Algorithms http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-04565-7 How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-07807-5 Modern Graph Theory http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4612-0619-4 Computational Geometry http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-03427-9
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