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Graph Theory Study Roadmap

The document outlines a comprehensive roadmap for studying graph theory, covering foundational concepts, traversal techniques, properties and theorems, advanced topics, and practical applications. It includes recommended books and platforms for practice, as well as interdisciplinary applications in fields like AI, biology, and geopolitics. The roadmap emphasizes both theoretical understanding and practical coding skills in graph implementation.

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Graph Theory Study Roadmap

The document outlines a comprehensive roadmap for studying graph theory, covering foundational concepts, traversal techniques, properties and theorems, advanced topics, and practical applications. It includes recommended books and platforms for practice, as well as interdisciplinary applications in fields like AI, biology, and geopolitics. The roadmap emphasizes both theoretical understanding and practical coding skills in graph implementation.

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Graph Theory Study Roadmap

1. Foundations of Graph Theory

- Understand vertices and edges.

- Types of graphs: directed, undirected, weighted, multigraphs.

- Key terms: degree, adjacency, path, walk, cycle.

- Representations: adjacency matrix, incidence matrix, Laplacian matrix.

Recommended Books:

- Introduction to Graph Theory by Douglas West

- Graph Theory by Reinhard Diestel

- Graph Theory with Applications by Bondy and Murty

2. Graph Traversal Techniques

- Algorithms: Depth-First Search (DFS), Breadth-First Search (BFS).

- Applications: maze solving, AI, route planning.

- Dijkstra, Bellman-Ford, A*, and Floyd-Warshall algorithms.

- Use tools like GraphOnline or GeoGebra to visualize.

3. Graph Properties and Theorems

- Concepts: connectedness, components, Eulerian & Hamiltonian paths.

- Bipartite graphs, graph coloring, planarity, trees.

- Theorems: Euler's, Dirac's, Ore's, Kuratowski's, Hall's Theorem.

4. Advanced Topics

- Spanning trees (Prim's and Kruskal's algorithms).

- Graph coloring, spectral graph theory, random graphs.

- Applications in networks, biology, social science, economics.

5. Practice, Code, and Apply

- Platforms: Leetcode, HackerRank, Codeforces, Project Euler.

- Learn graph implementation using Python or C++.

- Practice adjacency lists, matrices, graph classes.


Graph Theory Study Roadmap

6. Applications Across Disciplines

- Geopolitics: alliances, conflicts as graphs.

- AI: knowledge graphs, graph neural networks.

- Biology: gene networks, phylogenetic trees.

- Networks: routing, optimization.

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