Four color game

Posted by mathfail on April 21, 2010 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Onefifth/flood-fill

In this game the goal is to fill in the pieces with at most 4 colors. Two pieces that touch can’t share the same color. The game is mathematically interesting since the Four Color Theorem says that for any such ‘map’, four colors is enough.

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