Exercises in Graph Theory

This book supplements the textbook of the authors" Lectures on Graph The­ ory" [6] by more than thousand exercises of varying complexity. The books match each other in their contents, notations, and terminology. The authors hope that both students and lecturers will find this book helpful...

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Main Authors: Melnikov, O., Sarvanov, V. (Author), Tyshkevich, R.I. (Author), Yemelichev, V. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1998, 1998
Edition:1st ed. 1998
Series:Texts in the Mathematical Sciences
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 ABC of Graph Theory
  • 2 Trees
  • 3 Independence and Coverings
  • 4 Connectivity
  • 5 Matroids
  • 6 Planarity
  • 7 Graph Traversals
  • 8 Degree Sequences
  • 9 Graph Colorings
  • 10 Directed Graphs
  • 11 Hypergraphs
  • Answers to Chapter 1: ABC of Graph Theory
  • 1.1 Graphs: Basic Notions
  • 1.2 Walks, Paths, Components
  • 1.3 Subgraphs and Hereditary Properties of Graphs. Reconstructibility
  • 1.4 Operations on Graphs
  • 1.5 Matrices Associated with Graphs
  • 1.6 Automorphism Group of Graph
  • Answers to Chapter 2: Trees
  • 2.1 Trees: Basic Notions
  • 2.2 Skeletons and Spanning Trees
  • Answers to Chapter 3: Independence and Coverings
  • 3.1 Independent Vertex Sets and Cliques
  • 3.2 Coverings
  • 3.3 Dominating Sets
  • 3.4 Matchings
  • 3.5 Matchings in Bipartite Graphs
  • Answers to Chapter 4: Connectivity
  • 4.1 Biconnected Graphs and Biconnected Components
  • 4.3 Cycles and Cuts
  • Answers to Chapter 5: Matroids
  • 5.1 Independence Systems
  • 5.2 Matroids
  • 5.3 Binary Matroids
  • Answers to Chapter 6: Planarity.-6.1 Embeddings of Graphs. Euler Formula
  • 6.2 Plane Triangulation
  • 6.3 Planarity Criteria
  • 6.4 Duality and Planarity
  • 6.5 Measures of Displanarity
  • Answers to Chapter 7: Graph Traversals
  • 7.1 Eulerian Graphs
  • 7.2 Hamiltonian Graphs
  • Answers to Chapter 8: Degree Sequences
  • 8.1 Graphical Sequences
  • 8.3 Split and Threshold Graphs
  • 8.4 Degree Sets and Arity Partitions
  • Answers to Chapter 9: Graph Colorings
  • 9.1 Vertex Coloring
  • 9.2 Chromatic Polynomial
  • 9.3 Edge Coloring
  • 9.4 Colorings of Planar Graphs
  • 9.5 Perfect Graphs
  • Answers to Chapter 10: Directed Graphs
  • 10.1 Directed Graphs: Basic Notions
  • 10.2 Reachability and Components
  • 10.3 Matrices Associated with Digraph
  • 10.4 Tours and Paths
  • 10.5 Tournaments
  • 10.6 Base and Kernel
  • Answers to Chapter 11: Hypergraphs
  • 11.1 Hypergraphs: Basic Notions
  • 11.2 Hypergraph Realizations
  • Notations