Who proved the "Four Color Theorem," asserting maps can be colored with at most four colors?

Hopefully this will make more sense than the explanation: When colouring a map of the world, you only need 4 colours to ensure that no neighbouring countries are the same colour. I'm assuming that this extends to other maps like states or counties in a country, no matter how many it how complex.

I have no idea what I just read. 🤪

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin, your explanation makes sense!

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin, it did, thanks

Thank you, That Count, Ray Bumpkin, for clarifying the explanation.

Mb, presumably, any four colours not too close in hue

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin, many thanks, that was definitely more helpful than the explanation. I do wonder what implications it could have for discrete mathematics though 🤔

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin, I am a Muralist, and I recently had to paint a map of the US in a school, showing a list of prominent colleges in each state. It was in shades of blue and green with white, and we used 5 colors to include several shades of the school colors, but might have been able to do it with four. So this question and your explanation made sense to me, having just experienced the same phenomenon.

j, ditto!!! xxx

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin, i want to know what arr the four colors??

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin, Thank you. I did not understand the given "explanation"; but your's makes sense

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin, thank you!! I understand now!! 😃

HardFeelings, gosh you're the first to say that.

The answer needs a better, clearer explanation.

Longest answer wins and free Palestine.

Four colors uh?

Moxxilady, mb any four different colors

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin, ummmm, what