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Meaning of Heawood conjecture | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A conjecture (proven in 1968) that gives a lower bound for the number of colors that are necessary for graph coloring on a surface of a given genus.

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Heawood graph heazlewoodite Heb. Hebacong Hebb Hebb's postulate