Four Colors Suffice

by Wilson, Robin

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Title Statements

Full title :Four Colors Suffice.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.
Edition:Revised Color ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
Place of Publication:New Jersey
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

Notes

On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a.

The Physical Object

Description:224 pages.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0691158223, 9780691158228
oclc:ocn882436628
LC Classification:QA612.19
Dewey Decimal:511/.56

Preface to the revised color edition -- Preface to the original edition -- The four-colour problem -- The problem is posed -- Euler's famous formula -- Cayley revives the problem ... -- ... and Kempe solves it -- A chapter of accidents -- A bombshell from Durham -- Crossing the Atlantic -- A new dawn breaks -- Success! -- Is it a proof? -- Chronology of events -- Glossary.

Subjects

four color problem Four-color problem -- History History Jeux mathématiques -- Histoire Mathematical recreations Mathematical recreations -- History Problème des quatre couleurs Problème des quatre couleurs -- Histoire Proof theory Proof theory -- History Théorie de la preuve -- Histoire