Revised Report 2 is due by 12:00 noon, Thursday, April 30.
MAD 7397 – 0017
Spring 2020
Time: MWF period 5
Place: Little 207
Phone: 352-294-2339
Office: 438 Little Hall
Email: avince@ufl.edu
References (not required):
Graph Theory by R. Diestel
Introduction to Graph Theory by D. West
Algebraic Graph Theory by Godsil and Royle
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday period 6
(or by appointment)
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Topics in Graph Theory – Geometric, Algebraic, Topological
The selected topics illustrate the interplay between graph theory and other branches of mathematics.
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- Art Gallery Problem
- Page Rank
- Geometric Representations of Graphs
- …….Straight-line embedding
- …….Thrackles
- …….Steinitz Theorem
- …….Rubber band representation
- …….Representation as a tiling by squares
- …….Coin representation – Koebe’s Theorem, Lipton-Tarjan separator theorem
- …….Orthogonal representation – Shannon capacity
- Spectral Graph Theory
- …….Laplacian of a graph
- …….Isoperimetric Problems
- …….Expanders
- Graph Automorphisms and Homomorphisms
- Knots and Graphs
Because classes are now online, and assuming that this is the case for the remainder of the semester, the assignment is as follows. You may:
- Pick a subject of your own choosing, related to graph theory, that is new to you, and investigate that subject.
- Pick a subject or subjects from the text Algebraic Graph Theory by Godsil and Royle (can be download free from https://epdf.pub/algebraic-graph-theory-graduate-texts-in-mathematics-207c4c52f1fdfeffc502f3206ab4c7fb84853885.html), and read about and investigate that subject.
- Read and investigate subjects that I suggest from Algebraic Graph Theory by Godsil and Royle.
In all three cases, submit to me via email in pdf format, a short summary, in your own words, of what you have learned, providing the essentials of the subject. There are approximately 6 weeks left in the semester. You are requested to submit two such reports, the first to reach me no later than April 3, the second by April 24. Please let me know which of the three alternatives you choose by March 18.
Course Evaluation:
The grade is based on classroom participation and attendance, and (because of the transition to online classes) the assignment in the section above.
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