A note on the history of the four-colour conjecture

2012/01/13 by Brendan D. McKay, McKay, Brendan D.
Engineering · Mathematics · #graph theory and CDMA systems #math.CO #math.HO #msc:01A55 #msc:05C10 #msc:05C15

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1201.2852

3 pages; revised sourcing, added extra information

arxiv created 2012/02/21 · arxiv updated 2012/02/22

Abstract

The four-colour conjecture was brought to public attention in 1854, most probably by Francis or Frederick Guthrie. This moves back by six years the date of the earliest known publication.

Related

• Yet another short proof of the 4-colour theorem
• A short proof of the Four Colour Theorem
• A manual proof of the Four-colour Theorem
• The History of the Total Chromatic Number Conjecture
• A shorter proof of the Four Colour Theorem