Robin Wilson

Four Colors Suffice

How the Map Problem Was Solved - Revised Color Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"I loved Robin Wilson's book on the four color problem, because it gives the history as well as the arguments. The history is presented so entertainingly, and the arguments so lucidly, that I'm sure the book will find a large audience, and delight any audience as much as it did me." --John Conway "An intriguing historical account of one of the most baffling enigmas in mathematics: the Four Color Theorem. Robin Wilson provides fascinating insights into how mathematicians think, and shows that questions that are simple to ask may not be simple to answer."--Ian Stewart "Robin Wilson has combined a complete history of the approach that led to the solution of the four color problem with a description of the techniques involved that can be read with pleasure and comprehension by undergraduates as well as professional mathematicians."--Kenneth Appel, University of New Hampshire

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9780691158228
• ISBN-10: 0691158223
• Artikelnr.: 38051165

Autorenporträt

Robin Wilson is emeritus professor of pure mathematics at the Open University and emeritus professor of geometry at Gresham College, London. He has written and edited many books on topics ranging from graph theory and combinatorics, via sudoku, philately, and the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, to the history of mathematics. He is currently president of the British Society for the History of Mathematics.