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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
Table of Contents:
  • It's History
  • Topological maps
  • Topological Version of The Four-Color Theorem
  • From Topology to Combinatorics
  • The Combinatorial Version of The Four-Color Theorem
  • Reducibility
  • The Quest for Unavoidable Sets.