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Geometry of chemical graphs: polycycles and two-faced maps

By Michel Deza , Mathieu Dutour Sikiric

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780521873079, 052187307X
LCC
QD480 .D49 2008
Open Library ID
OL10437978M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (4526875 bytes)
Series
Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications
Edition
1
Pages
314\314
Topic
Chemistry
Time added
2009-08-06 05:14:26

Description

Polycycles and symmetric polyhedra appear as generalizations of graphs in the modeling of molecular structures, such as the Nobel prize winning fullerenes, occurring in chemistry and crystallography. The chemistry has inspired and informed many interesting questions in mathematics and computer science, which in turn have suggested directions for synthesis of molecules. Here the authors give access to new results in the theory of polycycles and two-faced maps together with the relevant background material and mathematical tools for their study. Organized so that, after reading the introductory chapter, each chapter can be read independently from the others, the book should be accessible to researchers and students in graph theory, discrete geometry, and combinatorics, as well as to those in more applied areas such as mathematical chemistry and crystallography. Many of the results in the subject require the use of computer enumeration; the corresponding programs are available from the author's website.

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