Ask HN: Graph theory books?

Hi all, i searched on google and can't seem to find this discussed before.

Does anyone know of a great book to self study graph theory? I studied it in school a while ago, but now i realized that graph theory is very important to algorithms.

Thanks a lot for any suggestions!

Jason

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fmendez 16y ago ↗

You should try 'Algorithms in C++ Part 5: Graph Algorithms (3rd Edition)' i had lots of fun with that one :).

note: fun == countless nights solving problems :P

note2: link to the book http://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Part-Graph-3rd-Pt-5/dp/0201...

tptacek 16y ago ↗

Seconded; another great source is Skiena, Algorithm Design Manual.

srsamarthyam 16y ago ↗

boost graph library (books are available for this topic)

jdoliner 16y ago ↗

These are good books for graph based algorithms, which may well be what you're looking for. But for a more proof based approach you could take a look at this: http://books.google.com/books?id=HuDFMwZOwcsC&printsec=f...

infinity 16y ago ↗

There is a book "Graph Theory" by Reinhard Diestel. There used to be an online version as a pdf, but it seems to be gone now. The Archive has it: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/... (the pdf is almost 3 Mb).