Chromatic Spindles

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Color the plane so that no two points of the same color are at distance 1 apart. How many colors are needed? If instead, 3D space is colored, how many colors are needed there? Both are unsolved problems! The chromatic number of the plane is 4, 5, 6, or 7. This question is known as the Hadwiger–Nelson problem. In space, the range of possible values is 6–15.
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Contributed by: Ed Pegg Jr (October 2015)
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[1] Wikipedia. "Hadwiger–Nelson Problem." (Oct 22, 2015) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadwiger% E2 %80 %93 Nelson_problem.
[2] D. Coulson, "A 15-Colouring of 3-Space Omitting Distance One," Discrete Mathematics, 256(1–2), 2002 pp. 83–90. doi:10.1016/S0012-365X(01)00183-2.
[3] O. Nechushtan, "On the Space Chromatic Number," Discrete Mathematics, 256(1–2), 2002 pp. 499–507. doi:10.1016/S0012-365X(00)00406-4.
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Published: October 26 2015