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This programme is a dramatised reconstruction of some of the stages of discovery and refutation of the purported "proof" of the four colour theorem.
This programme is a dramatised reconstruction of some of the stages of discovery and refutation of the purported "proof" of the four colour theorem.
| Module code and title: | MT365, "Graphs, networks and design" |
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| Item code: | MT365; 06 |
| First transmission date: | 1995 |
| Published: | 1995 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:01 |
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| Producer: | David Saunders |
| Contributors: | John Fauvel; Robin Wilson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Euler's formula; Maps; Pentagon; Reducible configurations; Square; Triangle; Unavoidable set |
| Subject terms: | Four-colour problem |
| Footage description: | Footage - Actor as Victorian, Augustus De Morgan writing a letter at night time in his study. Graphic animation. Engraving of a Victorian society meeting zooming to Arthur Cayley. Portrait of Arthur Cayley. Actors playing parts of Augustus De Morgan, Alfred Kempe, Arthur Cayley with a student all sat at a table. Arthur Cayley drawing on paper(0'21"-4'20") - Augustus De Morgan and Arthur Cayley face Alfred Cayley as he stands by 2 blackboards both showing maps interspersed with graphic animation(4'21"-12'36") - B/w still of Lewis Carroll. B/w still of J.M.Wilson headmaster of Clifton college. B/w still of Frederick Temple, Bishop of London. B/w still of Oxford Sheldonian Theatre. 4 men sitting in a row, one stands puts on a gown and gives lecture as professor Henry Smith. B/w still Percy Heawood. Actor as Heawood sitting holding a book then rises and stands by blackboard with map. Graphic animation. Actor as Heawood in library by spiral stairs. Graphic animation. Heawood on spiral stairs climbing to bottom and moving to desk with newspaper and lifting paper. Newspaper article(12'37"-19'30") - Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken in computer room. Actor as Heawood in library with 3 other men, 2 sitting at table and 1 standing(19'31"-23'22"). |
| Master spool number: | DOU8188 |
| Production number: | FOUM504H |
| Videofinder number: | 4984 |
| Available to public: | no |
