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A problem on bichrome 6-graphs

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On the Shape of Mathematical Arguments

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 445))

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2 A problem on bichrome 6-graphs This chapter's main purpose is to show the streamlining of a combinatorial argument full of nested case analyses. The decision to maintain all symmetries is the major means to that end: the consequential avoidance of nomenclature strongly invites the use of a counting argument rather than a combinatorial one, and, like in “A termination argument”, the “invention” of a concept in terms of which the argument is most smoothly formulated.

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(1990). A problem on bichrome 6-graphs. In: On the Shape of Mathematical Arguments. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 445. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0020911

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