Subject: Re: [HM] Sainte-Lague
From: Hans Lausch (hans.lausch@sci.monash.edu.au)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 23:37:11 EDT
Udai Venedem wrote:
>
> I am looking for good informations about A. Sainte-Lague (with
> a "trema" upon the last "e"). Can he really be considered as the
> founder of graph theory, since the publication of his ***Les
> re/saux (ou graphes)*** dates 1926 ?
Does not tradition have it that Euler is the "founder" of graph theory
(Koenigsberger bridge problem, the knight's move ...)?
Hans Lausch
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
Monash University,
Clayton, 3168,
Australia
fax: +61-3-9905 4403
phone: +61-3-9905 4477
Hans.Lausch@sci.monash.edu.au
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28 : Wed Jun 14 2000 - 08:50:05 EDT