Graphs, Colourings and the Four-Colour Theorem

by Robert A. Wilson

Book Overview

The four-colour theorem is one of the famous problems of mathematics, that frustrated generations of mathematicians from its birth in 1852 to its solution (using substantial assistance from electronic computers) in 1976. The theorem asks whether four colours are sufficient to colour all conceivable maps, in such a way that countries with a common border are coloured with different colours. The book discusses various attempts to solve this problem,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198510616
• ISBN13: 9780198510611
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"