Complexity : knots, colourings, and counting / D.J.A. Welsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welsh, D. J. A., author.

Series:

London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; 186.

London Mathematical Society lecture note series ; 186

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computational complexity.

Knot theory.

Combinatorial analysis.

Statistical physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 163 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Complexity: Knots, Colourings & Countings

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Summary:

These notes are based on a series of lectures given at the Advanced Research Institute of Discrete Applied Mathematics held at Rutgers University. Their aim is to link together algorithmic problems arising in knot theory, statistical physics and classical combinatorics. Apart from the theory of computational complexity concerned with enumeration problems, introductions are given to several of the topics treated, such as combinatorial knot theory, randomised approximation algorithms, percolation and random cluster models. To researchers in discrete mathematics, computer science and statistical physics, this book will be of great interest, but any non-expert should find it an appealing guide to a very active area of research.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-159) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-88498-0

1-107-10057-7

1-107-09163-2

1-107-08869-0

1-107-10308-8

1-107-09490-9

0-511-75250-4