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The mathematical coloring book : mathematics of coloring and the colorful life of its creators, Alexander Soifer
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxx, 605 pages
- Contents
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- Part I - Merry-go-round -- Part II - Colored plane -- Part III - Coloring graphs -- Part IV - Coloring maps -- Part V - Colored graphs -- Part VI - The Ramsey principle -- Part VII - Colored integers: Ramsey theory before Ramsey and its aftermath -- Part VIII - Colored polygons: Euclidean Ramsey theory -- Part IX - Colored integers in service of chromatic number of the plane -- Part X - Predicting the future -- Part XI - Farewell to the reader
- A story of colored polygons and arithmetic progressions -- Chromatic number of the plane : the problem -- Chromatic number of the plane : an historical essay -- Polychromatic number of the plane and results near the lower bound -- De Bruijn-Erdős reduction to finite sets and results near the lower bound -- Polychromatic number of the plane and results near the upper bound -- Continuum of 6-colorings of the plane -- Chromatic number of the plane in special circumstances -- Measurable chromatic number of the plane -- Coloring in space -- Rational coloring -- Chromatic number of a graph -- Dimension of a graph -- Embedding 4-chromatic graphs in the plane -- Embedding world records -- Edge chromatic number of a graph -- Carsten Thomassen's 7-color theorem -- How the four-color conjecture was born -- Victorian comedy of errors and colorful progress -- Kempe-Heawood's five-color theorem and Tait's equivalence -- The four-color theorem -- The great debate -- How does one color infinite maps? A bagatelle -- Chromatic number of the plane meets map coloring : Townsend-Woodall's 5-color theorem -- Paul Erdős -- De Bruijn-Erdős's theorem and its history -- Edge colored graphs : Ramsey and Folkman numbers -- From pigeonhole principle to Ramsey principle -- The happy end problem -- The man behind the theory : Frank Plumpton Ramsey -- Ramsey theory before Ramsey : Hilbert's theorem -- Ramsey theory before Ramsey : Schur's coloring solution of a colored problem and its generalizations -- Ramsey theory before Ramsey : Van der Waerden tells the story of creation -- Whose conjecture did Van der Waerden prove? Two lives between two wars : Issai Schur and Pierre Joseph Henry Baudet -- Monochromatic arithmetic progressions : life after Van der Waerden -- In search of Van der Waerden : the early years -- In search of Van der Waerden : the Nazi Leipzig, 1933-1945 -- In search of Van der Waerden : the postwar Amsterdam, 1945 -- In search of Van der Waerden : the unsettling years, 1946-1951 -- Monochromatic polygons in a 2-colored plane -- 3-colored plane, 2-colored space, and Ramsey sets -- Gallai's theorem -- Application of Baudet-Schur-Van der Waerden -- Application of Bergelson-Leibman's and Mordell-Faltings' theorems -- Solution of an Erdős problem : O'Donnell's theorem -- What if we had no choice? -- A glimpse into the future : chromatic number of the plane, theorems and conjectures -- Imagining the real, realizing the imaginary -- Two celebrated problems
- Isbn
- 9780387746401
- Label
- The mathematical coloring book : mathematics of coloring and the colorful life of its creators
- Title
- The mathematical coloring book
- Title remainder
- mathematics of coloring and the colorful life of its creators
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexander Soifer
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Soifer, Alexander
- Dewey number
- 511.5
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QA166
- LC item number
- .S65 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Ramsey theory
- Label
- The mathematical coloring book : mathematics of coloring and the colorful life of its creators, Alexander Soifer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-594) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Part I - Merry-go-round -- Part II - Colored plane -- Part III - Coloring graphs -- Part IV - Coloring maps -- Part V - Colored graphs -- Part VI - The Ramsey principle -- Part VII - Colored integers: Ramsey theory before Ramsey and its aftermath -- Part VIII - Colored polygons: Euclidean Ramsey theory -- Part IX - Colored integers in service of chromatic number of the plane -- Part X - Predicting the future -- Part XI - Farewell to the reader
- A story of colored polygons and arithmetic progressions -- Chromatic number of the plane : the problem -- Chromatic number of the plane : an historical essay -- Polychromatic number of the plane and results near the lower bound -- De Bruijn-Erdős reduction to finite sets and results near the lower bound -- Polychromatic number of the plane and results near the upper bound -- Continuum of 6-colorings of the plane -- Chromatic number of the plane in special circumstances -- Measurable chromatic number of the plane -- Coloring in space -- Rational coloring -- Chromatic number of a graph -- Dimension of a graph -- Embedding 4-chromatic graphs in the plane -- Embedding world records -- Edge chromatic number of a graph -- Carsten Thomassen's 7-color theorem -- How the four-color conjecture was born -- Victorian comedy of errors and colorful progress -- Kempe-Heawood's five-color theorem and Tait's equivalence -- The four-color theorem -- The great debate -- How does one color infinite maps? A bagatelle -- Chromatic number of the plane meets map coloring : Townsend-Woodall's 5-color theorem -- Paul Erdős -- De Bruijn-Erdős's theorem and its history -- Edge colored graphs : Ramsey and Folkman numbers -- From pigeonhole principle to Ramsey principle -- The happy end problem -- The man behind the theory : Frank Plumpton Ramsey -- Ramsey theory before Ramsey : Hilbert's theorem -- Ramsey theory before Ramsey : Schur's coloring solution of a colored problem and its generalizations -- Ramsey theory before Ramsey : Van der Waerden tells the story of creation -- Whose conjecture did Van der Waerden prove? Two lives between two wars : Issai Schur and Pierre Joseph Henry Baudet -- Monochromatic arithmetic progressions : life after Van der Waerden -- In search of Van der Waerden : the early years -- In search of Van der Waerden : the Nazi Leipzig, 1933-1945 -- In search of Van der Waerden : the postwar Amsterdam, 1945 -- In search of Van der Waerden : the unsettling years, 1946-1951 -- Monochromatic polygons in a 2-colored plane -- 3-colored plane, 2-colored space, and Ramsey sets -- Gallai's theorem -- Application of Baudet-Schur-Van der Waerden -- Application of Bergelson-Leibman's and Mordell-Faltings' theorems -- Solution of an Erdős problem : O'Donnell's theorem -- What if we had no choice? -- A glimpse into the future : chromatic number of the plane, theorems and conjectures -- Imagining the real, realizing the imaginary -- Two celebrated problems
- Control code
- 233933503
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxx, 605 pages
- Isbn
- 9780387746401
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2008936132
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)233933503
- Label
- The mathematical coloring book : mathematics of coloring and the colorful life of its creators, Alexander Soifer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-594) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Part I - Merry-go-round -- Part II - Colored plane -- Part III - Coloring graphs -- Part IV - Coloring maps -- Part V - Colored graphs -- Part VI - The Ramsey principle -- Part VII - Colored integers: Ramsey theory before Ramsey and its aftermath -- Part VIII - Colored polygons: Euclidean Ramsey theory -- Part IX - Colored integers in service of chromatic number of the plane -- Part X - Predicting the future -- Part XI - Farewell to the reader
- A story of colored polygons and arithmetic progressions -- Chromatic number of the plane : the problem -- Chromatic number of the plane : an historical essay -- Polychromatic number of the plane and results near the lower bound -- De Bruijn-Erdős reduction to finite sets and results near the lower bound -- Polychromatic number of the plane and results near the upper bound -- Continuum of 6-colorings of the plane -- Chromatic number of the plane in special circumstances -- Measurable chromatic number of the plane -- Coloring in space -- Rational coloring -- Chromatic number of a graph -- Dimension of a graph -- Embedding 4-chromatic graphs in the plane -- Embedding world records -- Edge chromatic number of a graph -- Carsten Thomassen's 7-color theorem -- How the four-color conjecture was born -- Victorian comedy of errors and colorful progress -- Kempe-Heawood's five-color theorem and Tait's equivalence -- The four-color theorem -- The great debate -- How does one color infinite maps? A bagatelle -- Chromatic number of the plane meets map coloring : Townsend-Woodall's 5-color theorem -- Paul Erdős -- De Bruijn-Erdős's theorem and its history -- Edge colored graphs : Ramsey and Folkman numbers -- From pigeonhole principle to Ramsey principle -- The happy end problem -- The man behind the theory : Frank Plumpton Ramsey -- Ramsey theory before Ramsey : Hilbert's theorem -- Ramsey theory before Ramsey : Schur's coloring solution of a colored problem and its generalizations -- Ramsey theory before Ramsey : Van der Waerden tells the story of creation -- Whose conjecture did Van der Waerden prove? Two lives between two wars : Issai Schur and Pierre Joseph Henry Baudet -- Monochromatic arithmetic progressions : life after Van der Waerden -- In search of Van der Waerden : the early years -- In search of Van der Waerden : the Nazi Leipzig, 1933-1945 -- In search of Van der Waerden : the postwar Amsterdam, 1945 -- In search of Van der Waerden : the unsettling years, 1946-1951 -- Monochromatic polygons in a 2-colored plane -- 3-colored plane, 2-colored space, and Ramsey sets -- Gallai's theorem -- Application of Baudet-Schur-Van der Waerden -- Application of Bergelson-Leibman's and Mordell-Faltings' theorems -- Solution of an Erdős problem : O'Donnell's theorem -- What if we had no choice? -- A glimpse into the future : chromatic number of the plane, theorems and conjectures -- Imagining the real, realizing the imaginary -- Two celebrated problems
- Control code
- 233933503
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxx, 605 pages
- Isbn
- 9780387746401
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2008936132
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)233933503
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