Descartes' theorem in n dimensions

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Authors Branko Grünbaum, G. C. Shephard

Publication date 26 June 1992

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

zbMATH Keywords

defectDescartes' Theoremelementary polytopesEuler characteristicEuler's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20) Combinatorial properties of polytopes and polyhedra (number of faces, shortest paths, etc.) (52B05) (n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11)

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