Gary Chartrand
Professor of Mathemetics
5518 Everett Tower
(269) 387-4533
chartrand@wmich.edu
Gary received his Ph.D. in 1964 under the direction of Edward A. Nordhaus at
Michigan State University. He has been at WMU since then, spending a year at
the University of Michigan as a Research Associate with
Frank Harary and taking sabbaticals at the University of California, Santa
Barbara and San Jose State University.
His research area is graph theory, and his current research interests
include graph
structures, graph colorings, distance in graphs, and domination.
His nonacademic interests include Broadway musicals, show music, movies,
writing, and sports.
Books
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Recent Publications
Chromatic Graph Theory
(by Chartrand and Zhang)
Published by
CRC Press in September 2008.
Graphs & Digraphs
Fifth edition,
(by Chartrand, Lesniak and Zhang).
CRC Press (2010). For more information, click here
Discrete Mathematics
(by Chartrand and Zhang).
Published by Waveland Press, Inc. March, 2011.
Solution manual is available for instructors.
For more information, click here
A First Course in Graph Theory
Published by Dover Publications, Inc. January, 2012.
Mathematical Proofs:
A Transition to Advanced Mathematics
Third edition,
(by Chartrand, Polimeni and Zhang).
Published by Pearson in September 17, 2012.
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Book in Progress
- The Fascinating World of Graph Theory
(by Benjamin ,
Chartrand and Zhang).
Research Publications