Descartes, Euler, Poincaré, Polya - and polyhedra

zbMath0489.52009MaRDI QIDQ1166777

Hilton, Peter, Jean Pedersen

Publication date: 1981

Published in: L'Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

historical survey; Descartes; characteristic Euler number; demonstration of Polya theorem; Poincare total angular defect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

52-03: History of convex and discrete geometry

52A37: Other problems of combinatorial convexity

52Bxx: Polytopes and polyhedra

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