The Strange Logic of Random Graphs

by Joel Spencer

Book Overview

The study of random graphs was begun by Paul Erdos and Alfred Renyi in the 1960s and now has a comprehensive literature. A compelling element has been the threshold function, a short range in which events rapidly move from almost certainly false to almost certainly true. This book now joins the study of random graphs (and other random discrete objects) with mathematical logic. The possible threshold phenomena are studied for all statements expressible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642074995
• ISBN13: 9783642074998
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"