The Four-Color Theorem : History, Topological Foundations, and Idea of Proof /

This elegant little book discusses a famous problem that helped to define the field now known as topology: What is the minimum number of colors required to print a map such that no two adjoining countries have the same color, no matter how convoluted their boundaries. Many famous mathematicians have...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Fritsch, Rudolf
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Fritsch, Gerda
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Springer New York, 1998.
Subjects:	Mathematics. Topology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book