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1 - Introduction

from Part I - Preliminaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2023

Alan Frieze
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
Michał Karoński
Affiliation:
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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In this chapter, we describe the main goal of the book, its organization, course outline, and suggestions for instructions and self-study. The textbook material is aimed for a one-semester undergraduate/graduate course for mathematics and computer science students. The course might also be recommended for students of physics, interested in networks and the evolution of large systems, as well as engineering students, specializing in telecommunication. Our textbook aims to give a gentle introduction to the mathematical foundations of random graphs and to build a platform to understand the nature of real-life networks. The text is divided into three parts and presents the basic elements of the theory of random graphs and networks. To help the reader navigate through the text, we have decided to start with describing in the preliminary part (Part I) the main technical tools used throughout the text. Part II of the text is devoted to the classic Erdős–Rényi–Gilbert uniform and binomial random graphs. Part III concentrates on generalizations of the Erdős–Rényi–Gilbert models of random graphs whose features better reflect some characteristic properties of real-world networks.

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Print publication year: 2023

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  • Introduction
  • Alan Frieze, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, Michał Karoński, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
  • Book: Random Graphs and Networks: A First Course
  • Online publication: 02 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009260268.003
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  • Introduction
  • Alan Frieze, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, Michał Karoński, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
  • Book: Random Graphs and Networks: A First Course
  • Online publication: 02 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009260268.003
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  • Introduction
  • Alan Frieze, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, Michał Karoński, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
  • Book: Random Graphs and Networks: A First Course
  • Online publication: 02 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009260268.003
Available formats
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