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    Math Definitions -> F -> Four Color Theorem

 Four Color Theorem

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A theorem that if you try to color in a map, you only need four colors to complete it so that no two areas touching each other were the same color. (Note: some restrictions apply).

It was finally proved in 1976 by Kenneth Appel, Wolfgang Haken, and John Koch using a computer to check it.