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9/17    I have problems with graph theory & combinatorics cuz I didn't pay
        attention when I was in school. What's a good book to re-learn these
        things (and not to get confused when looking at http://mathworld.wolfram.com)
        ? Mainly I just wanna understand the Ramsey Number (NP problem) -alum
        \_ Take a look at Modern Graph Theory by Bela Bollobas, and
                          \- hello, there is [was?] a copy of Bela Bollobas:
                             Graph Theory: An Introductory Course [n.b. this
                             "introduction" is a Springer GTM] at the 9th ave
                             Green Apple Book Facility for <$10 ... It's
                             probably worth a trip to save $30 ... I own one
                             but probably should have bought it to "arbitrage";
                             If the book is not useful to you, you can almost
                             certainly make money on it.
                             Is that the book you mean above? This is a useful
                             reference for some of my work but I dont think it
                             is really a "guide for the perplexed". --psb
                             \_ Modern Graph Theory is a revised version
                                of this, with more than twice as many pages.
                                \_ that's twice as much learnin'!!
           A Course in Combinatorics by Van Lint and Wilson. (The
           latter doesn't have much on Ramsey numbers though.) -ok
        \_ CLR?
           \_ I've seen some copies of this pretty cheap on http://half.com.
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