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I believe the 5 color map theorem is proved. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_color_theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_color_theorem As far as I know,
by roundsquare 17y ago
I believe the 5 color map theorem is proved.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_color_theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_color_theorem
As far as I know, there is a "proof" of the 4 color map theorem, but it requires the use of a computer to analyze about a 1,000 different scenarios, so its hard to check, unintuitive, and "not elegant."
- mquander 17y agoThis is not the problem described by the post you are responding to. Search for "chromatic number of the plane" or "Hadwiger-Nelson problem" to find clarification.