Author : John W. Kennedy
Publisher : North Holland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Applications of Graphs in Chemistry and Physics by : John W. Kennedy
Download or read book Applications of Graphs in Chemistry and Physics written by John W. Kennedy and published by North Holland. This book was released on 1988 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been said that modern molecular theory is founded on essentially graph-like models located in some appropriate embedding space. The idea may be extended to physical theory, and it is this that provides the raison d'etre for this collection of papers. Today there is almost no branch of chemistry, including its more recent relatives in polymer science and biology, that is not enriched by (or enriching) the mathematical theory of graphs. The impact of graph-theoretical thinking in physics has, with some notable exceptions, developed more slowly. In 1847, G.R. Kirchoff founded the theory of electrical networks as a graph-theoretical structure, and as a result also made significant contributions to the mathematics of graph theory. This tradition has continued into the newer sciences such as telecommunications, computer science and information science.