Ask HN: Graph theory books?

#1

Post by furtivefelon » Wed, Oct 07, 2009, 12:34 AM UTC

Hi all, i searched on google and can't seem to find this discussed before.

Does anyone know of a great book to self study graph theory? I studied it in school a while ago, but now i realized that graph theory is very important to algorithms.

Thanks a lot for any suggestions!

Jason

Re: Ask HN: Graph theory books?

#2

Post by fmendez » Wed, Oct 07, 2009, 12:45 AM UTC

You should try 'Algorithms in C++ Part 5: Graph Algorithms (3rd Edition)' i had lots of fun with that one :).

note: fun == countless nights solving problems :P

note2: link to the book http://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Part-Graph-3rd-Pt-5/dp/0201...

Re: Ask HN: Graph theory books?

#3

Post by tptacek » Wed, Oct 07, 2009, 4:32 AM UTC

fmendez wrote: post #2

You should try 'Algorithms in C++ Part 5: Graph Algorithms (3rd Edition)' i had lots of fun with that one :). note: fun == countless nights solving problems :P note2: link to the book http://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Part-Graph-3rd-Pt-5/dp/0201...

Seconded; another great source is Skiena, Algorithm Design Manual.

Re: Ask HN: Graph theory books?

#4

Post by srsamarthyam » Wed, Oct 07, 2009, 4:51 AM UTC

boost graph library (books are available for this topic)

Re: Ask HN: Graph theory books?

#5

Post by jdoliner » Wed, Oct 07, 2009, 5:08 AM UTC

These are good books for graph based algorithms, which may well be what you're looking for. But for a more proof based approach you could take a look at this: http://books.google.com/books?id=HuDFMwZOwcsC&printsec=f...

Re: Ask HN: Graph theory books?

#6

Post by infinity » Wed, Oct 07, 2009, 12:20 PM UTC

There is a book "Graph Theory" by Reinhard Diestel. There used to be an online version as a pdf, but it seems to be gone now. The Archive has it: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/... (the pdf is almost 3 Mb).