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Four colors suffice : how the map problem was solved

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Promceton Science LibraryPublication details: New Jersey Princeton university press 2013Edition: Revised Coloured EditionDescription: xiii, 199p. illISBN:
  • 9780691158228 (PB)
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Contents:
1 The four-colour problem 2 The problem is posed 3 Euler's famous formula 4 Cayley revives the problem... 5 ...and Kempe solves it 6 A chapter of accidents 7 A bombshell from Durham 8 Crossing the Atlantic 9 A new dawn breaks Success! 10 Is it a proof?
Summary: On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a colleague, unaware that he was launching one of the most famous mathematical conundrums in history - one that would confound thousands of puzzlers for more than a century. This book tells the amazing story of how the "map problem" was solved.
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Includes index

Includes bibliography (p. 175-186) and references

1 The four-colour problem
2 The problem is posed
3 Euler's famous formula
4 Cayley revives the problem...
5 ...and Kempe solves it
6 A chapter of accidents
7 A bombshell from Durham
8 Crossing the Atlantic
9 A new dawn breaks Success!
10 Is it a proof?

On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a colleague, unaware that he was launching one of the most famous mathematical conundrums in history - one that would confound thousands of puzzlers for more than a century. This book tells the amazing story of how the "map problem" was solved.

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