Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!brolga!uqcspe!cs.uq.oz.au!matthew From: matthew@cs.uq.oz.au (Matthew McDonald) Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Info Request: LAWS OF FORM question about rumour Message-ID: <1200@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> Date: 7 May 91 02:22:03 GMT Article-I.D.: uqcspe.1200 References: <1991May3.164134.1@happy.colorado.edu> Sender: news@cs.uq.oz.au Reply-To: matthew@cs.uq.oz.au Organization: Computer Science Department, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Lines: 13 In article <1991May3.164134.1@happy.colorado.edu> kmsahr@happy.colorado.edu writes: >I'm looking for any references or sources of information on G. Spencer >Brown's . Specifically, I'm interested in the application Sorry, this is probably another dumb question but.... I read in an article (by Dick Pountain) that G.S.Brown came up with a *short* proof of the Four Colour Map theorem. Since the article was a bit flaky in places I doubt it, but does anybody know for sure or where Mr Pountain got the rumour from?? Regards, Matthew.