A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

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The Hadwiger–Nelson problem

The Hadwiger–Nelson problem

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What is the minimum number of colours needed to colour the plane in such a way that any two points that are at distance 1 from each other always have different colours? This is known as the Hadwiger–…

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