Introduction

This book is in honor of the 80th birthday of Stephen Hedetniemi. It describes advanced material in graph theory in the areas of domination, coloring, spanning cycles and circuits, and distance that grew out of research topics investigated by Stephen Hedetniemi.

Purpose

The purpose of this book is to provide background and principal results on these topics, along with some related problems and conjectures, for researchers in these areas.

Features

The most important features deal with material, results, and problems that researchers may not be aware of but may find of interest. Each chapter contains results, methods, and information that will give readers the necessary background to investigate each topic in more detail.