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Course Detail

Course Name Advanced Graph Theory
Course Code 24MAT474
Program 5 Year Integrated MSc/ BSc. (H) in Mathematics with Minor in Data Science
Semester Elective
Credits 3
Campus Amritapuri

Syllabus

Unit-I

Binomial coefficients, convexity. Inequalities: Jensen’s, AM-GM, Cauchy Schwarz. Graphs, subgraphs, connectedness.

Unit-II

Euler circuits, cycles, trees, bipartite graphs and other basic concepts.

Unit-III

Vertex colourings. Graphs with large girth and large chromatic number.

Unit-IV

Extremal graph theory: Dirac’s theorem. Ore’s theorem. Mantel’s theorem. Turan’s theorem (several proofs including probabilistic and analytic).

Unit-V

Kovari- Sosuran theorem with applications to geometry. Erdos Stone theorem. Stability. Andrasfai-Erdos-Sos theorem.

Course Objectives and Outcomes

Course Outcomes
CO-1: Understand the basic concepts of graphs and trees.
CO-2: Understand and apply the concepts of graph connectivity and shortest path problems.
CO-3: Understand and apply the concepts of matching problems in job assignments.
CO-4: Understand the concepts of vertex and edge colorings.
CO-5: Understand the concepts of planar graphs and dual graphs.

Textbook/ References

  1. B Bollobas, Modern Graph Theory, Springer
  2. D.B. West, Introduction to Graph Theory, P.H.I. 2010

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