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# [Guthrie's 1852 four-color guess survives 1000 random planar graphs](https://forgottentheorieshashnodedev.hashnode.dev/guthries-1852-four-color-guess-survives-1000-random-planar-graphs?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

In October 1852 a young law student named Francis Guthrie was coloring

May 11 · 6 min read · forgottentheorieshashnodedev.hashnode.dev  
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