The Four-Color Problem

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:application cartography
network design
frequency assignment
gptkbp:category solved problems in mathematics
unsolved problems in mathematics (historically)
gptkbp:describes the coloring of maps
gptkbp:field gptkb:topology
combinatorics
graph theory
gptkbp:first_formulated_by gptkb:Francis_Guthrie
gptkbp:firstPublished gptkb:Arthur_Cayley
1879
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Four-Color Problem
gptkbp:influenced development of computer-assisted proofs
gptkbp:Kempe's_proof disproved by Percy Heawood in 1890
gptkbp:method computer-assisted proof
gptkbp:notable_for being the first major theorem proved using a computer
gptkbp:notablePublication Appel and Haken's 1977 paper in Illinois Journal of Mathematics
gptkbp:related_conjecture gptkb:Hadwiger's_conjecture
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:planar_graph
chromatic number
map coloring
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:five_color_theorem
graph coloring
Kempe's attempted proof
gptkbp:solvedBy gptkb:Wolfgang_Haken
gptkb:Kenneth_Appel
gptkbp:state any planar map can be colored with at most four colors so that no adjacent regions share a color
gptkbp:year_formulated 1852
gptkbp:year_solved 1976
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Barrington_Bayley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8