Screen LibraryFour 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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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, New Jersey : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Revised color edition. |
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Princeton science library
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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. |
| Item Description: | First published: London : Allen Lane, 2002, under title Four colours suffice. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 199 pages : some color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780691158228 (paper : acid-free paper) : 0691158223 (paper : acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | QA612 |
| CLC: | O157.5 |
| Call Number: | O157.5/W752/Rev. col. ed. |
| 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. |