Graph Theory, SF2704


Lecture Plan 2009

Course homepage: http://www.math.kth.se/math/GRU/2009.2010/SF2704/

Classes are Tuesdays 10.15-12.00 in room 3721
(except 22/9, when it is 10.15-13.00)
Nr Date Chapter in Diestel Topic Suggested exercises
(Numbering as in the
pdf-version of the book)
1 1/9 1.1-1.3 Introduction 1:1-7
2 8/9 1.3-1.5,1.8 Basics 1:10,11,12,16,20,26
3 15/9 1.6, 2.1 Bipartite graphs 2:1,5,7,8
4 22/9, 10-13 2.2,2.5 Matchings, Gallai-Milgram 2:10,11,15,16,17,23
Hand-in-problems
- 29/9 - No Class
5 6/10 3.1,3.2 Connectivity 3:1,2,5,6,7,9
6 13/10 3.3,3.4 Menger and Mader thms 3:11,16,17,21
7 20/10 1.7,4.1-4.2 Minors 1:25; 4:1,2,3,4,5
8 27/10 4.2,4.4,7.3 Planar graphs, Hadwiger's conj. 4:13,15,16,18; 7:28,30,32
Hand-in-problems 2
9 3/11 5.1-5.2 Coloring vertices 5:3,6,7,11,15,17
10 10/11 5.3-5.4 Coloring edges and list coloring 5:21,24,28,30,32
11 17/11 5.5 Perfect graphs 5:36, 38, 39, 41, 42
Hand-in-problems 3
12 24/11 1. Page 1-13 of Survey paper
2. Classical physics paper
3. Lecture Notes by van der Hofstad
Large Random Networks
Guest star Maria Deijfen
8:2,4,6,8,11 in the notes by
Remco van der Hofstad
13 1/12 Ramseyteori
(in Swedish)
Ramsey Theory See the Ramsey text
14 8/12
In room E2
11.1-11.2 Random graphs 11:1,3,4
15 15/12 11.2-11.3 Probabilistic method, almost all graphs 6,7,8,10,11
Last updated 2009-11-23.