Graphs, Colourings and the Four-Colour Theorem
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: February 28, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780198510611
First sentence: In this book, we will study graph theory with particular reference to colouring problems.
Description: Robert Wilson discusses the four-colour theorem and some of the mathematics which developed out of attempts to solve it. He covers basic graph theory, Euler's polyhedral formula and the first published false solution of the four-colour problem.