Four Colours Suffice
How the Map Problem Was Solved
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2003
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Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-100908-7 (ISBN)
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-100908-7 (ISBN)
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A book to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the solution to one of the world's most puzzling mathematical problems. This book introduces the mathematicians behind the mathematics, among them a bishop, a botanist, an obsessive golfer and a bridegroom who spend his honeymoon colouring maps.
A book to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the solution to one of the world's most puzzling mathematical problems. The four-colour theorem states that every map in the world can be coloured with just four colours in such a way that neighbouring countries have different colours. One of the simplest problems to state, one of the hardest to solve, which took a century for mathematicians to prove. This book introduces the mathematicians behind the mathematics, among them a bishop, an astronomer, a botanist, an obsessive golfer and a bridegroom who spend his honeymoon colouring maps.
A book to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the solution to one of the world's most puzzling mathematical problems. The four-colour theorem states that every map in the world can be coloured with just four colours in such a way that neighbouring countries have different colours. One of the simplest problems to state, one of the hardest to solve, which took a century for mathematicians to prove. This book introduces the mathematicians behind the mathematics, among them a bishop, an astronomer, a botanist, an obsessive golfer and a bridegroom who spend his honeymoon colouring maps.
Robin Wilson is Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the Open University and Fellow of Keble College, Oxford.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.8.2003 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 268 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-14-100908-X / 014100908X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-100908-7 / 9780141009087 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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