Book description

<P>In the ten years since the publication of the best-selling first edition, more than 1,000 graph theory papers have been published <EM>each year</EM>. Reflecting these advances, <STRONG>Handbook of Graph Theory, Second Edition</STRONG> provides comprehensive coverage of the main topics in pure and applied graph theory. This second edition?over 400 pages longer than its predecessor?incorporates 14 new sections. </P> <P></P> <P>Each chapter includes lists of essential definitions and facts, accompanied by examples, tables, remarks, and, in some cases, conjectures and open problems. A bibliography at the end of each chapter provides an extensive guide to the research literature and pointers to monographs. In addition, a glossary is included in each chapter as well as at the end of each section. This edition also contains notes regarding terminology and notation.</P> <P>With 34 new contributors, this handbook is the most comprehensive single-source guide to graph theory. It emphasizes quick accessibility to topics for non-experts and enables easy cross-referencing among chapters.</P>

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