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3 Reddit comments about Four Colors Suffice: How the Map Problem Was Solved:

u/TheSciences · 2 pointsr/interestingasfuck

If you're really interested in the subject, you might like to check this out.

u/PsychoRecycled · 2 pointsr/mathbooks

Four Colours Suffice was really good and not tremendously technical. It's the story of a problem, as opposed to a mathematician, but it's still good.

u/Kibology · 2 pointsr/CrappyDesign

If only there were some mathematical principle that could tell mapmakers how many different colors they'd need...

(If you want to read more about the matter, the book "Four Colors Suffice" is a thorough explanation of how the Four-Color Theorem was solved using early computers and a whole lot of human effort.)