These notes are based on a series of lectures given at the Advanced Research Institute of Discrete Applied Mathematics held at Rutgers University. Their aim is to link together algorithmic problems arising in knot theory, statistical physics and classical combinatorics. Apart from the theory of computational complexity concerned with enumeration problems, introductions are given to several of the topics treated, such as combinatorial knot theory, randomised approximation algorithms, percolation and random cluster models. To researchers in discrete mathematics, computer science and statistical physics, this book will be of great interest, but any non-expert should find it an appealing guide to a very active area of research.

These notes are based on a series of lectures given at the Advanced Research Institute of Discrete Applied Mathematics, Rutgers University.
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"...suitable for advanced graduate students and researchers in complexity theory...The list of references is long and good, and the index is useful." Computing Reviews
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Book Information
ISBN 9780521457408
Author Dominic Welsh
Format Paperback
Page Count 172
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 259g
Dimensions(mm) 227mm * 151mm * 12mm