Book review of: Alexander Soifer, The mathematical coloring book. Mathematics of coloring and the colorful life of its creators

DOI10.1365/s13291-014-0101-yzbMath1306.00028OpenAlexW154531753MaRDI QIDQ485101

Günter M. Ziegler

Publication date: 9 January 2015

Published in: Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung (DMV) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1365/s13291-014-0101-y

zbMATH Keywords

Ramsey theorycoloringB.L. van der Waerden

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs (05C15) Generalized Ramsey theory (05C55) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to combinatorics (05-01) External book reviews (00A17) History of combinatorics (05-03)

Cites Work

• Fourier analysis, linear programming, and densities of distance avoiding sets in \(\mathbb R^n\)
• The four-colour theorem
• Axiom of choice and chromatic number of the plane
• Unit distance graphs with ambiguous chromatic number
• Van der Waerdens Leipziger Jahre 1931-1945
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