This 2007 volume contains survey articles based on the invited lectures given at the Twenty-first British Combinatorial Conference, held in July 2007 at the University of Reading. This biennial conference is a well-established international event and the articles are of the high quality that befits the event. By its nature this volume provides an overview of current research activity in several areas of combinatorics, ranging from graph theory to current applications of combinatorial mathematics, including efficient approximability of NP-hard optimization problems and cryptographic key management. The authors are some of the world's foremost researchers in their fields, and here they summarize existing results, and give a unique preview of work currently being written up. The book provides a valuable survey of the state of knowledge in combinatorics. It will be useful to research workers and advanced graduate students, primarily in mathematics but also in computer science, statistics and engineering.

Survey articles based on the invited lectures given at the Twenty-first British Combinatorial Conference, first published in 2007.

About the Author
Anthony Hilton is Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Mathematics at Queen Mary University of London and an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Reading. John Talbot is a Lecturer and Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at University College London.

Reviews
'The frequent citations of the past volumes shows that these papers are very good references of contemporary research. The quality of contributors and the discussed topics ensure that the present volume will continue this tradition.' Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum



Book Information
ISBN 9780521698238
Author Anthony Hilton
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 410g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm * 17mm