The Four-Color Theorem: History, Topological Foundations, and Idea of Proof

by Gerda Fritsch and Rudolf Fritsch

Book Overview

1 History.- 2 (Topological) Maps.- 3 The Four-Color Theorem (Topological Version).- 4 Topology to Combinatorics.- 5 The Four-Color Theorem (Combinatorial Version).- 6 Reducibility.- 7 The Quest for Unavoidable Sets.- Works of Reference.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387984976
• ISBN13: 9780387984971
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"