Robin Thomas's own reference page on the four color theorem, covering its history, the 1976 Appel-Haken proof, and the 1997 Robertson-Sanders-Seymour-Thomas simplified proof he co-authored, including his own note that part of the proof cannot be verified by hand.
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AuthorRobin Thomas
PublisherGeorgia Institute of Technology, School of Mathematics
URLhttps://thomas.math.gatech.edu/FC/fourcolor.html
Source TypePrimary Text
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