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News from the world of maths:

Submitted by plusadmin on April 11, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008

Sixty-three year-old Avraham Trakhtman has solved one of the current generation's toughest mathematical problems — the 38 year-old road colouring problem. The solution will shortly be published in the Israel Journal of Mathematics.

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