MATH 4300 A (CRN 511)

Graph Theory

MWF 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Instructional Complex 310


Syllabus (PDF File)

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Dr. Sarada Herke Graph Theory Videos

Assignments (PDF File)

 

Review for Test I

Review for Test II
Review for Final Examination


 

POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS

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Chapter 1:  Graphs

            Section 1.1:  Fundamental Concepts and Notation

            Section 1.2:  Elementary Properties and Operations

            Section 1.3:  Alternate Representations of Graphs

            Section 1.4:  Algorithms

            Section 1.5:  Degree Sequences

            Section 1.6:  Fundamental Counting

 

Chapter 2:  Paths and Searching

            Section 2.1:  Distance

            Section 2.2:  Connectivity

            Section 2.4:  Problem Solving and Heuristics

 

Chapter 3:  Trees

            Section 3.1:  Fundamental Properties of Trees

            Section 3.2:  Minimal Weight Spanning Trees

            Section 3.3:  Counting Trees

            Section 3.6:  Binary Trees

 

Chapter 4:  Networks

            Section 4.1:  Flows

            Section 4.2:  The Ford and Fulkerson Approach

            Section 4.3:  The Dinic Algorithm and Layered Networks

            Section 4.6:  Connectivity and Networks

 

Chapter 5:  Cycles and Circuits

            Section 5.1:  Eulerian Graphs

            Section 5.2:  Adjacency Conditions for Hamiltonian Graphs

            Section 5.3:  Related Hamiltonian-like Properties

            Section 5.4:  Forbidden Subgraphs

            Section 5.6:  The Traveling Salesman Problem

 

Chapter 6:  Planarity

            Section 6.1:  Euler’s Formula

            Section 6.2:  Characterizations of Planar Graphs

            Section 6.3:  A Planarity Algorithm

 

Chapter 7:  Matchings

            Section 7.1:  Matchings and Bipartite Graphs

            Section 7.2:  Matching Algorithms and Marriage

 

Chapter 8:  Independence

            Section 8.1:  Vertex Independence and Coverings

            Section 8.2:  Vertex Colorings

            Section 8.3:  Approximate Coloring Algorithms

            Section 8.5:  The Four Color Theorem