Elementary Number Theory, Group Theory and Ramanujan Graphs: 55 (London Mathematical Society Student Texts, Series Number 55) - Hardcover

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Davidoff, Giuliana; Sarnak, Peter; Valette, Alain

 
9780521824262: Elementary Number Theory, Group Theory and Ramanujan Graphs: 55 (London Mathematical Society Student Texts, Series Number 55)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521824265 ISBN 13: 9780521824262
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This text is a self contained treatment of expander graphs and in particular their explicit construction. Expander graphs are both highly connected but sparse, and besides their interest within combinatorics and graph theory, they also find various applications in computer science and engineering. The reader needs only a background in elementary algebra, analysis and combinatorics; the authors supply the necessary background material from graph theory, number theory, group theory and representation theory. The text can therefore be used as a brief introduction to these subjects as well as an illustration of how such topics are synthesised in modern mathematics.

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Review

'The book under review is an attractively written excellent text which successfully bridges the gap between undergraduate instruction and current research. Hence it is very well suited to bring a fresh breeze into the classroom. The reviewer warmly recommends this text to any lecturer looking for an attractive theme and to everybody else for great supplementary reading. Of course, this book should not be missed in any institutional library.' Zentralblatt MATH

'A light touch and the inclusion of some unexpected results make the book a pleasure to read.' Mathematika

Book Description

This text is a self contained treatment of expander graphs and in particular their explicit construction. Expander graphs are both highly connected but sparse, and besides their interest within combinatorics and graph theory, they also find various applications in computer science and engineering.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521824265
ISBN 13 
9780521824262
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
156

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