chromatic number of the plane

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Hadwiger–Nelson_problem
gptkbp:describes minimum number of colors needed to color the plane so that no two points at distance 1 have the same color
gptkbp:field combinatorics
graph theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label chromatic number of the plane
gptkbp:lowerBound 5
gptkbp:notableAchievement Aubrey de Grey proved lower bound is at least 5 in 2018
gptkbp:openProblem true
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Edward_Nelson
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Hadwiger–Nelson_problem
unit distance graph
gptkbp:upperBound 7
gptkbp:yearProposed 1950
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Mathematical_Coloring_Book
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6