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 pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilson, Robin J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Revised color edition. /
Colección:Princeton science library.
Temas:
Four-color problem.
Four-color problem > History.
Mathematical recreations > History.
Proof theory > History.
Problème des quatre couleurs.
Problème des quatre couleurs > Histoire.
Jeux mathématiques > Histoire.
Théorie de la preuve > Histoire.
Four-color problem
Mathematical recreations
Proof theory
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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