Every Planar Map is Four Colorable

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Publication:3993359

DOI10.1090/conm/098zbMath0681.05027OpenAlexW4301890399WikidataQ55899213 ScholiaQ55899213MaRDI QIDQ3993359

Wolfgang Haken, Kenneth I. Appel

Publication date: 17 September 1992

Published in: Contemporary Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/3d5072364f230e1ab5a0b3725d84d15689615077




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