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A158411 Maximum number of colors required to paint a map having n regions. 6
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENTS

The generating function can be arranged to have four zeros at the fourth roots of unity. [From Jaume Oliver Lafont (joliverlafont(AT)gmail.com), Mar 23 2009]

LINKS

Wikipedia, Four color theorem

Wolfram Mathworld, Four-Color Theorem

FORMULA

G.f.: x*(1+x+x^2+x^3)/(1-x)

G.f.: x*(1-x^4)/(1-x)^2 [From Jaume Oliver Lafont (joliverlafont(AT)gmail.com), Mar 20 2009]

G.f.: prod(k=0,3,1-I^k*x)*x/(1-x)^2 [From Jaume Oliver Lafont (joliverlafont(AT)gmail.com), Mar 23 2009]

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<4, n, 4)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A000934.

Cf. A130130. [From Jaume Oliver Lafont (joliverlafont(AT)gmail.com), Mar 20 2009]

a(n)=A130130(n)+A130130(n-2) [From Jaume Oliver Lafont (joliverlafont(AT)gmail.com), Mar 24 2009]

Sequence in context: A062750 A193669 A065686 * A065680 A093391 A029135

Adjacent sequences:  A158408 A158409 A158410 * A158412 A158413 A158414

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Jaume Oliver Lafont (joliverlafont(AT)gmail.com), Mar 18 2009

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