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Nets, puzzles, and postmen /

What do railways, mingling at parties, mazes, and the internet all have in common? All are networks - people or places or things that connect to one another. Peter Higgins shows that these phenomena - and many more - are underpinned by the same deep mathematical structure, and how this understanding...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Higgins, Peter M., 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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