Four colors suffice : how the map problem was solved
Wilson, Robin J.2014
Book
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Can every map be coloured with no more than four colours so that neighbouring countries are coloured differently? First posed in 1852, it took more than 100 years for this question to be answered with any degree of certainty. This book tells the story of the quest.
Main title:
Four colors suffice : how the map problem was solved / Robin Wilson.
Author:
Edition:
Revised color edition. / with a new foreword by Ian Stewart.
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014].
Collation:
xii, 199 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Previous edition: 2002.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780691158228 (pbk)0691158223 (pbk)
Dewey class:
511.5 WIL511.5
LC class:
QA95
Language:
English
BRN:
354917