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Graphs, colourings, and the four-colour theorem

Graphs, colourings, and the four-colour theorem

Mathematics
Pages
150
Published
2002
Language
English

Synopsis

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.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

InformativeIntellectualComplexThought-Provoking

Genres

Mathematics

About the author

R
Robert A. Wilson

I am professor of philosophy at La Trobe University in Melbourne, having taught over the past 25 years in North America at the University of Alberta (2000-2017), the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1996-2001), and Queen’s University (1992-1996). I was born in Broken Hill in New South Wales and grew up there and in Perth in Western Australia. I have a B.A. with first class honours in philosophy from the University of Western Australia, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University in It...