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    In geometry, the four-vertex theorem states that the curvature along a simple, closed, smooth plane curve has at least four local extrema (specifically...
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    In mathematics, the four color theorem, or the four color map theorem, states that no more than four colors are required to color the regions of any map...
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    inflection points. The theorem is analogous to the four-vertex theorem according to which any smooth closed plane curve has at least four points of extreme...
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    known for the first proof of the four-vertex theorem that applied in general to non-convex curves. Kneser's theorem on differential equations is named...
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    Agoston (2005), Theorem 9.3.9, p. 570; Gibson (2001), Section 9.3, "The Four Vertex Theorem", pp. 133–136; Fuchs & Tabachnikov (2007), Theorem 10.3, p. 149...
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    (by the four-vertex theorem, there are at least four vertices where the curvature reaches an extreme point) but for such curves the theorem can be applied...
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  • Retrieved 2019-11-27. Shonkwiler, Clay (October 6, 2006). "The Four Vertex Theorem and its Converse" (PDF). math.colostate.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-26...
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  • (symplectic topology) Euler's theorem (differential geometry) Four-vertex theorem (differential geometry) Frobenius theorem (foliations) Gauss's lemma (riemannian...
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    oval has four turns, a tri-oval has six. More formally, according to the four-vertex theorem, every smooth simple closed curve has at least four vertices...
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    1937) was an Indian mathematician who introduced the four-vertex theorem and Mukhopadhyaya's theorem in plane geometry. Syamadas Mukhopadhyaya was born...
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  • Firstly, any given vertex will be the middle of either 0 × 5 = 0 (all edges from the vertex are the same colour), 1 × 4 = 4 (four are the same colour...
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    Kawasaki's theorem or Kawasaki–Justin theorem is a theorem in the mathematics of paper folding that describes the crease patterns with a single vertex that...
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    color theorem based on Kempe's work. First of all, one associates a simple planar graph G {\displaystyle G} to the given map, namely one puts a vertex in...
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  • curvature. All closed curves will have at least four vertices, two minima and two maxima (the four-vertex theorem). In general a curve will not have 4th-order...
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  • Erdős–Pósa theorem, named after Paul Erdős and Lajos Pósa, relates two parameters of a graph: The size of the largest collection of vertex-disjoint cycles...
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    is fixed. The theorem suggests that when this depth is at the value creating a right vertex, the generalization of Pythagoras' theorem applies. In a different...
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    In mathematics, the Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem limits the number of sets in a family of sets for which every two sets have at least one element in common....
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    and topological generalization of the classical four-vertex theorem, that a plane curve has at least four extrema of curvature, specifically, at least two...
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  • The theorem is helpful for solving competitive Euclidean geometry problems, and can be used to reconstruct a triangle starting from one vertex, the incenter...
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  • another vertex adjacent to an odd number of triangle vertices). However, the algorithm of Degiorgi & Simon (1995) uses only Whitney's isomorphism theorem. It...
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    stands in contrast to the four-vertex theorem, according to which every simple closed smooth curve in the plane has at least four vertices. Some curves,...
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    computer) in ISI Syamadas Mukhopadhyaya, introduced the four-vertex theorem and Mukhopadhyaya's theorem in eucliden geometry ANM Muniruzzaman, Bangladeshi...
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    inscribed circle touches each side. This divides the four sides into eight segments, between a vertex of the quadrilateral and a point of tangency with the...
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  • In graph theory, the Robertson–Seymour theorem (also called the graph minors theorem) states that the undirected graphs, partially ordered by the graph...
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    by the Tutte theorem G contains a perfect matching. Let Gi be a component with an odd number of vertices in the graph induced by the vertex set V − U. Let...
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  • Alexandrov's theorem on polyhedra is a rigidity theorem in mathematics, describing three-dimensional convex polyhedra in terms of the distances between...
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    In graph theory, Wagner's theorem is a mathematical forbidden graph characterization of planar graphs, named after Klaus Wagner, stating that a finite...
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    is monostatic. This was shown by V. Arnold via reduction to the four-vertex theorem. There are no monostatic simplices in dimension up to eight. In dimension...
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  • valid guard set, because every triangle of the polygon is guarded by its vertex with that color. Since the three colors partition the n vertices of the...
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    In geometry, Pick's theorem provides a formula for the area of a simple polygon with integer vertex coordinates, in terms of the number of integer points...
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