- From: Jordan Reiter <jordanreiter@techie.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 11:07:46 -0400 (EDT)
- To: J-F Pitot de La Beaujardiere <delabeau@iniki.gsfc.nasa.gov>, colin@bespin.demon.co.uk
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
At 10:33 AM 6/10/97 -0400, Jeff de la Beaujardiere wrote: > >Colin F Reynolds writes: >> Don't most area maps use four colo(u)rs, that being the maximum number of >> colors required to assure that no two adjacent regions bear the same >> color? > >Four is the *minimum*, which is probably what you meant to write. Are you sure? I mean, what about a map shaped like: ---------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------- Or do maps only count if they have at least four pieces...;-)
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