FOUR-COLOR PROBLEM


Meaning of FOUR-COLOR PROBLEM in English

/fawr"kul"euhr, fohr"-/ , Math.

the problem, solved in 1976, of proving the theorem that any geographic map can be colored using only four colors so that no connected countries with a common boundary are colored the same color.

Also called four-color theorem .

[ 1875-80 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .