four color theorem

statement in mathematics
Intangible theorem Q184410
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four color theorem

Summary

four color theorem is a theorem[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • four color theorem's instance of is recorded as theorem[3].
  • four color theorem's instance of is recorded as computer-assisted proof[4].
  • four color theorem's instance of is recorded as proof by exhaustion[5].
  • four color theorem is part of list of theorems[6].
  • four color theorem's Commons category is recorded as Four-color theorem[7].
  • four color theorem's proved by is recorded as Kenneth Appel[8].
  • four color theorem's proved by is recorded as Wolfgang Haken[9].
  • four color theorem's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Guthrie's problem"}[10].
  • four color theorem's uses is recorded as proof assistant[11].
  • four color theorem's statement describes is recorded as planar graph[12].
  • four color theorem's statement describes is recorded as graph coloring[13].
  • four color theorem's studied by is recorded as graph theory[14].
  • four color theorem's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].
  • four color theorem's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include theorem[3], computer-assisted proof[4], and proof by exhaustion[5].

Use and Application

four color theorem is part of list of theorems[6].

Why It Matters

four color theorem has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk. Retrieved . www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Proved by Kenneth Appel, Wolfgang Haken
    Part of list of theorems
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Mathematics
    Uses proof assistant
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