Math 725 (Graph Theory)
Spring 2010

• Syllabus (1/14/10)
• KU course number: 86763
• Instructor: Prof. Jeremy Martin
  
  623 Snow, 864-7114
• Office hours: Tue/Wed, 11-12, or by appointment
  
• Textbook: Introduction to Graph Theory, 2nd edition, by Douglas B. West. Available from the KU Bookstore.
• Meeting times: Tue/Thu, 2:30-3:45 PM, 564 Snow
• Prerequisite: Math 290 and one mathematics course numbered 450 or above. You should be comfortable with reading and doing proofs. Math 724 (Enumerative Combinatorics) is helpful, but not necessary.

• Problem Set #1 (due date: Tue 1/26/10)
• Problem Set #2 (due date: Tue 2/9/10)
• Problem Set #3 (due date: Tue 2/23/10)
• Problem Set #4 (due date: Tue 3/9/10)
• Problem Set #5 (due date: Tue 3/30/10)
• Problem Set #6 (due date: Tue 4/20/10)
• Problem Set #7 (due date: Tue 5/4/10)

The assignment (due date Thu 5/6/10; you must choose a topic by Tue 4/6). I'll update this occasionally to add more papers or note that a paper has been claimed.

• Closed discussion group for Math 725 on Google Groups (all students should join!)

Mathematical and technical writing information

• Writing in the Sciences (UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center)
• A Guide to Writing Mathematics and Mathematical Writing Checklist (Prof. Kevin Lee, Purdue)

KU links

• Jeremy Martin's home page
• KU Mathematics Department
• KU Registrar
• KU Bookstore
• KU policies on academic honesty
• KU Office of Disability Resources

Outside KU

• Get Acrobat Reader (free software, necessary to read PDF files on this page)
• Diestel's graph theory textbook (written at a somewhat higher level than West, but available free)
• Combinatorial Optimization -- free online lecture notes by Alexander Schrijver