The chromatic number of the plane

Decide whether 6 or 7 colours are needed to colour the plane so that points at distance 1 always get different colours.

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File it in the catalog (shoal-catalog 0521c19bbd38)

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	5	+ "graph-theory"
	6	+ ],
	7	+ "type": "construction",
	8	+ "also": [
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	17	+ "name": "Erdős Problems",
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	20	+ "curator": "Thomas Bloom",
	21	+ "poser": "Hugo Hadwiger and Edward Nelson",
	22	+ "status": "open",
	23	+ "as_of": "2026-10-20",
	24	+ "catalog": "0521c19bbd38"
	25	+ }
	26	+}