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EPISODE · Sep 30, 2020 · 12 MIN

A Beautiful Theorem with an Ugly Proof

from The Art of Mathematics · host Carol Jacoby

The Four Color Theorem is a pretty little conjecture that has been intriguing mathematicians for more than a century. Too bad the proof stands as an example of really ugly mathematics.

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