Graph Theory in America : : The First Hundred Years / / John J. Watkins, David J. Parks, Robin Wilson.

How a new mathematical field grew and matured in America Graph Theory in America focuses on the development of graph theory in North America from 1876 to 1976. At the beginning of this period, James Joseph Sylvester, perhaps the finest mathematician in the English-speaking world, took up his appoint...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 147 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • FEATURED PAPERS
  • CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS
  • Setting the Scene: Early American Mathematics
  • Chapter 1 The 1800s
  • Interlude A Graph Theory in Europe 1
  • Chapter 2 The 1900s and 1910s
  • Chapter 3 The 1920s
  • Interlude B Graph Theory in Europe 2
  • Chapter 4 The 1930s
  • Chapter 5 The 1940s and 1950s
  • Chapter 6 The 1960s and 1970s
  • Aftermath
  • GLOSSARY
  • NOTES, REFERENCES, AND FURTHER READING
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND PICTURE CREDIT
  • INDEX