Symmetry in Graphs

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'The book is an excellent introduction to graph symmetry, assuming only first courses in each of group theory and graph theory. Illustrative and instructive examples of graphs with high symmetry are given along with motivating problems. The theory of group actions is interspersed throughout the book, as appropriate to the development of the graph story, and there are separate chapters treating different research directions, for example, vertex-transitive graphs and their automorphism groups, the Cayley Isomorphism Problem, and Hamiltonicity. The book provides a seamless entry for students and other interested people into this fascinating study of the interplay between symmetry and network theory, with extensive lists of exercises at the end of each chapter, and important research problems on graph symmetry discussed throughout the book, and especially in the final chapter.' Cheryl Praeger, University of Western Australia, Perth 'Dobson, Malnic and Marusic have done us a real service. They offer a thorough treatment of graph symmetry, the first text book on the topic. What makes this even more useful is that their treatment is detailed, careful and gentle.' Chris Godsil, University of Waterloo, Ontario 'A book like this is long overdue. It brings together a vast array of important and interesting material about graph symmetries, and is very well presented. Congratulations to the authors on a fine achievement.' Marston Conder, University of Auckland 'There is a great amount of novelty in this book ... The book has a very large number of examples and exercises. The authors use notable examples to motivate questions and test conjectures.' Pablo Spiga, MathSciNet