The Parts spindle and the known bounds #
Two copies of the forced distance-four pair share one endpoint. Rotating the
second copy through cosine 31/32 makes the remaining endpoints unit-adjacent,
contradicting a proper four-coloring.
The distance-four vector between the translated gadget endpoints.
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Translate the first doubled patch so its left endpoint is the origin.
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Translate the second doubled patch and rotate it around the shared origin.
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The two free spindle endpoints are exactly one unit apart.
Parts lower bound. The unit-distance graph of the Euclidean plane has no proper coloring with four colors.
Lower bound — 5 ≤ χ(ℝ²).
Known bounds for the Hadwiger--Nelson problem:
5 ≤ χ(ℝ²) ≤ 7.