Gary Theodore Chartrand
Encyclopedia
Gary Theodore Chartrand is a professor emeritus of mathematics
at Western Michigan University
. He specializes in graph theory
and has written several textbooks on the subject. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University
in 1964; his thesis concerned line graph
s.
He has an Erdős number
of 1.
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
at Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....
. He specializes in graph theory
Graph theory
In mathematics and computer science, graph theory is the study of graphs, mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations between objects from a certain collection. A "graph" in this context refers to a collection of vertices or 'nodes' and a collection of edges that connect pairs of...
and has written several textbooks on the subject. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
in 1964; his thesis concerned line graph
Line graph
In graph theory, the line graph L of undirected graph G is another graph L that represents the adjacencies between edges of G...
s.
He has an Erdős number
Erdos number
The Erdős number describes the "collaborative distance" between a person and mathematician Paul Erdős, as measured by authorship of mathematical papers.The same principle has been proposed for other eminent persons in other fields.- Overview :...
of 1.
Books
.. Reprinted by Dover in 1985 as Introductory Graph Theory... Originally published by Prindle, Weber & Schmidt in 1977 as Graphs as Mathematical Models....External links
- Chartrand's web page at Western Michigan University