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Four colors suffice : how the map problem was solved / Robin Wilson ; with a new foreword by Ian Stewart.

By: Wilson, Robin J.
Contributor(s): Wilson, Robin J. Four colours suffice.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton science library.Edition: Revised color edition.Description: xii, 199 pages, Rs. 1622.00 some color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780691158228 (paper : acidfree paper); 0691158223 (paper : acidfree paper).Subject(s): Four-color problem | Four-color problem -- History | Mathematical recreations -- History | Proof theory -- HistoryDDC classification: 511/.56
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.
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Book Chennai Mathematical Institute
General Stacks 		511.56 WIL (Browse shelf) Available 9047
Total holds: 0

First published: London : Allen Lane, 2002, under title Four colours suffice.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.