Overview
- Presents a unified view of sets and graphs and their use for natural representation of finite structures
- Casts combinatorial issues arising at the core of different disciplines in clear computational terms
- Illustrates automatically computer-checked proof scenarios, made available on the Web
- Provides a light introduction to formal methods without assuming any prior knowledge
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This treatise presents an integrated perspective on the interplay of set theory and graph theory, providing an extensive selection of examples that highlight how methods from one theory can be used to better solve problems originated in the other. Features: explores the interrelationships between sets and graphs and their applications to finite combinatorics; introduces the fundamental graph-theoretical notions from the standpoint of both set theory and dyadic logic, and presents a discussion on set universes; explains how sets can conveniently model graphs, discussing set graphs and set-theoretic representations of claw-free graphs; investigates when it is convenient to represent sets by graphs, covering counting and encoding problems, the random generation of sets, and the analysis of infinite sets; presents excerpts of formal proofs concerning graphs, whose correctness was verified by means of an automated proof-assistant; contains numerous exercises, examples, definitions, problemsand insight panels.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Basics
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Front Matter
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Graphs as Sets
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Sets as Graphs
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Eugenio G. Omodeo is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Geosciences at the University of Trieste, Italy. His other publications include the Springer title Computational Logic and Set Theory.
Dr. Alberto Policriti is a Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics at the University of Udine, Italy. Together with Dr. Eugenio G. Omodeo, he is co-author of the Springer title Set Theory for Computing.
Dr. Alexandru I. Tomescu is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: On Sets and Graphs
Book Subtitle: Perspectives on Logic and Combinatorics
Authors: Eugenio G. Omodeo, Alberto Policriti, Alexandru I. Tomescu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54981-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-54980-4Published: 22 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85536-3Published: 09 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-54981-1Published: 11 May 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 275
Number of Illustrations: 150 b/w illustrations
Topics: Logics and Meanings of Programs, Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity, Graph Theory, Combinatorics