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A simpler proof of the four color theorem is presented. The proof was reached using a series of equivalent theorems. First the maximum number of edges of a planar graph is obatined as well as the minimum number of edges for a complete…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Fayez A. Alhargan

The proof uses the property that the vertices of a triangulated planar graph can be four coloured if the triangles can have a +1 or -1 orientation so that the sum of the triangle orientations around each vertex is a multiple of 3. Such…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2008-08-24 Patrick Labarque

We prove that the propositional translations of the Kneser-Lov\'asz theorem have polynomial size extended Frege proofs and quasi-polynomial size Frege proofs. We present a new counting-based combinatorial proof of the Kneser-Lov\'asz…

In this paper we use the strength of the constraint method in combination with a generalized Borsuk-Ulam type theorem and a cohomological intersection lemma to show how one can obtain many new topological transversal theorems of Tverberg…

Given $d+1$ sets of points, or colours, $S_1,\ldots,S_{d+1}$ in $\mathbb R^d$, a colourful simplex is a set $T\subseteq\bigcup_{i=1}^{d+1}S_i$ such that $|T\cap S_i|\leq 1$, for all $i\in\{1,\ldots,d+1\}$. The colourful Carath\'eodory…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-04-16 Pauline Sarrabezolles

We prove multiple generalizations of Fan's combinatorial labeling result for sphere triangulations. This can be seen as a comprehensive extension of the Borsuk--Ulam theorem. In typical applications, the Borsuk--Ulam theorem gives…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Florian Frick , Zoe Wellner

We give a new proof of a lemma by L. Shepp, that was used in connection to random coverings of a circle.

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2014-11-21 Tomas Persson

Edwards, van den Heuvel, Kang, and Sereni conjectured the following strengthening of Vizing's Theorem: let $G$ be a simple graph, and let $K = \Delta(G) + 1$. For any matching $M$ in $G$ and any precoloring of the edges in $M$ using the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-08-18 Gregory J. Puleo

A conjecture of Erd\H{o}s, Graham, Montgomery, Rothschild, Spencer and Straus states that, with the exception of equilateral triangles, any two-coloring of the plane will have a monochromatic congruent copy of every three-point…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Gabriel Currier , Kenneth Moore , Chi Hoi Yip

We give a new proof of a partition theorem popularly known as Elder's theorem, but which is also credited to Stanley and Fine. We extend the theorem to the context of colored partitions (or prefabs). More specifically, we give analogous…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-05 Hartosh Singh Bal , Gaurav Bhatnagar

In this paper, we present some results related to Barany-Larman colored problem and The Zivaljevic and Vrecica colored Tverberg problem. We give an alternative proof for the Barany-Larman Conjecture for primes -1 and the optimal colored…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Carlos H. F. Poncio , Edivaldo Lopes dos Santos , Leandro Vicente Mauri , Denise de Mattos

In 1967 Herbert Scarf suggested a new proof of Brouwer fixed point theorem based on a surprising analogue of Sperner's lemma. This analogue was motivated by Scarf's work in game theory and mathematical economics. Moreover, Scarf proved a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-25 Nikolai V. Ivanov

Four-Color Theorem has secret in its logical proof and actual operating. In this paper we will give a proof of Four-Color Theorem based on Kuratowski's Theorem using some induction argument and give a description of the most complicated…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2014-08-11 Qizhi Wang

We show, without using the Four Color Theorem, that for each planar triangulation, the number of its proper vertex colorings by 4 colors is a determinant and thus can be calculated in a polynomial time. In particular, we can efficiently…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-24 Martin Loebl

A vertex coloring of a simplicial complex $\Delta$ is called a linear coloring if it satisfies the property that for every pair of facets $(F_1, F_2)$ of $\Delta$, there exists no pair of vertices $(v_1, v_2)$ with the same color such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yusuf Civan , Ergun Yalcin

We develop the technique of geometric realizations with algebraically independent (over the field of real algebraic numbers) coordinates of vertices and combine it with the oriented volume method inspired by work of McLennan and Tourky on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-11 Wojciech Duliński

We investigate Sperner's labelings of $H^\pi_{k,q}$, the hypergraph whose hyperedges are facets of the edgewise triangulation of a $(k-1)$-simplex defined by a permutation $\pi\in \mathbb{S}_{k-1}$. Mirzakhani and Vondr\' ak showed that the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Duško Jojić , Ognjen Papaz

We consider a notion of uniform thinning for a finite sequence of random variables $(X_1,...,X_n)$ obtained by removing one random variable, uniformly at random. If a triangular array of random variables $(X_{n,k} : n \in \mathbb{N}_+, 1…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Shannon Starr

Tensor models generalize random matrix models in yielding a theory of dynamical triangulations in arbitrary dimensions. Colored tensor models have been shown to admit a 1/N expansion and a continuum limit accessible analytically. In this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-08-27 Valentin Bonzom , Razvan Gurau , Vincent Rivasseau

Alexander's lemma is a version of Sperner's lemma published by Alexander two years earlier than Sperner's paper. The present paper is devoted to a modern but elementary exposition of lemmas of Alexander and Sperner and their main…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Nikolai V. Ivanov