A Course in Topological Combinatorics

A Course in Topological Combinatorics is the first undergraduate textbook on the field of topological combinatorics, a subject that has become an active and innovative research area in mathematics over the last thirty years with growing applications in math, computer science, and other applied areas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: de Longueville, Mark
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Series:Universitext
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Symbols and Typical Notation
  • 1 Fair-Division Problems
  • 2 Graph-Coloring Problems
  • 3 Evasiveness of Graph Properties
  • 4 Embedding and Mapping Problems
  • A Basic Concepts from Graph Theory
  • B Crash Course in Topology
  • C Partially Ordered Sets, Order Complexes, and Their Topology
  • D Groups and Group Actions
  • E Some Results and Applications from Smith Theory
  • References
  • Index