Introduction to Chemical Graph Theory

Introduction to Chemical Graph Theory is a concise introduction to the main topics and techniques in chemical graph theory, specifically the theory of topological indices. These include distance-based, degree-based, and counting-based indices. The book covers some of the most commonly used mathematical approaches in the subject. It is also written with the knowledge that chemical graph theory has many connections to different branches of graph theory (such as extremal graph theory, spectral graph theory).

The authors wrote the book in an appealing way that attracts people to chemical graph theory. In doing so, the book is an excellent playground and general reference text on the subject, especially for young mathematicians with a special interest in graph theory.

Key Features:

• A concise introduction to topological indices of graph theory
• Appealing to specialists and non-specialists alike
• Provides many techniques from current research

About the Authors:

Stephan Wagner grew up in Graz (Austria), where he also received his PhD from Graz University of Technology in 2006. Shortly afterwards, he moved to South Africa, where he started his career at Stellenbosch University as a lecturer in January 2007. His research interests lie mostly in combinatorics and related areas, including connections to other scientific fields such as physics, chemistry and computer science.

Hua Wang received his PhD from University of South Carolina in 2005. He held a Visiting Research Assistant Professor position at University of Florida before joining Georgia Southern University in 2008. His research interests include combinatorics and graph theory, elementary number theory, and related problems

《化學圖論入門》是一本簡明介紹化學圖論主題和技巧的書籍，專注於拓撲指數理論。其中包括基於距離、度數和計數的指數。本書涵蓋了該領域中最常用的數學方法。同時，本書也意識到化學圖論與圖論的其他分支（如極值圖論、譜圖論）之間存在許多聯繫。

作者以引人入勝的方式撰寫本書，吸引人們對化學圖論產生興趣。因此，本書對於對圖論特別感興趣的年輕數學家來說，是一個優秀的學習和參考資料。

主要特點：
- 簡明介紹圖論的拓撲指數
- 吸引專業人士和非專業人士
- 提供許多來自當前研究的技巧

關於作者：
- Stephan Wagner在奧地利格拉茨長大，並於2006年在格拉茨科技大學獲得博士學位。隨後，他移居南非，於2007年1月在斯泰倫博斯大學擔任講師。他的研究興趣主要集中在組合數學和相關領域，包括與物理學、化學和計算機科學等其他科學領域的聯繫。
- Hua Wang於2005年在南卡羅來納大學獲得博士學位。在加入喬治亞南方大學之前，他曾在佛羅里達大學擔任訪問研究助理教授職位。他的研究興趣包括組合數學和圖論、初等數論以及相關問題。

Stephan Wagner grew up in Graz (Austria), where he also received his PhD from Graz University of Technology in 2006. Shortly afterwards, he moved to South Africa, where he started his career at Stellenbosch University as a lecturer in January 2007. His research interests lie mostly in combinatorics and related areas, including connections to other scientific fields such as physics, chemistry and computer science.

Hua Wang received his PhD from University of South Carolina in 2005. He held a Visiting Research Assistant Professor position at University of Florida before joining Georgia Southern University in 2008. His research interests include combinatorics and graph theory, elementary number theory, and related problems in other fields. Most of his work, however, focuses on extremal problems related to topological indices.

Stephan Wagner在奧地利的格拉茨（Graz）長大，並於2006年在格拉茨科技大學獲得博士學位。不久之後，他移居南非，於2007年1月在斯泰倫博斯大學（Stellenbosch University）擔任講師，開始他的職業生涯。他的研究興趣主要集中在組合數學及相關領域，包括與物理學、化學和計算機科學等其他科學領域的聯繫。

Hua Wang於2005年在南卡羅來納大學（University of South Carolina）獲得博士學位。在加入喬治亞南方大學（Georgia Southern University）之前，他曾在佛羅里達大學擔任訪問研究助理教授職位。他的研究興趣包括組合數學和圖論、初等數論以及其他領域中的相關問題。然而，他的大部分工作都集中在與拓撲指數相關的極值問題上。