Mr. Appel and a colleague solved a century-old problem concerning colors on a map with the help of an I.B.M. computer making billions of decisions.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/technology/kenneth-i-appel-mathematician-who-harnessed-computer-power-dies-at-80.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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