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Old 06-September-2005, 08:26 AM
Matthew Matthew is offline
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Default Four Color Theorem

So you only need four color's to color a map? What if all the localaties met at a single point? See the attached diagram. Lets a ssume the lines are perfect and borders intersect at a single point. Would that mean that more than 4 colors are needed?
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