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001 84025695
003 DLC
005 19850424000000.0
008 841030s1985 nyu b 00110 eng
010 $a 84025695
020 $a0471815772 :$c$32.50 (est.)
050 0 $aQA166.17$b.P35 1985
082 0 $a511/.5$219
100 10 $aPalmer, Edgar M.
245 10 $aGraphical evolution /$cEdgar M. Palmer.
260 0 $aNew York :$bWiley,$cc1985.
300 $axvii, 177 p. ;$c26 cm.
440 0 $aWiley-Interscience series in discrete mathematics
500 $aSubtitle: An introduction to the theory of random graphs, wherein the most relevant probability models for graphs are described together with certain threshold functions which facilitate the careful study of the structure of a graph as it grows and specifically reveal the mysterious circumstances surrounding the abrupt appearance of the unique giant component which systematically absorbs its neighbors, devouring the larger first and ruthlessly continuing until the last isolated vertices have been swallowed up, whereupon the giant is suddenly brought under control by a spanning cycle. The text is laced with challenging exercises especially designed to instruct, and its accompanied by an appendix stuffed with useful formulas that everyone should know.
500 $a"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
504 $aBibliography: p. 163-171.
500 $aIncludes indexes.
650 0 $aRandom graphs.