Four colors suffice: how the map problem was solved
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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- Full title :Four colors suffice : how the map problem was solved / Robin Wilson ; with a new foreword by Ian Stewart.
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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- Publication Date:2014
- Edition:Revised color edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication:Princeton, New Jersey
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
Notes
Originally published : London : Allen Lane, 2002, under title Four colours suffice.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 199 pages : : some color illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780691158228, 0691158223
- oclc:ocn847985591
- LC Classification:QA612.19
- Dewey Decimal:511/.56
Table of Contents
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.
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