A Short Proof of Euler’s Relation for Convex Polytopes

DOI10.4153/CMB-1997-056-4zbMath0898.52003OpenAlexW2034147078MaRDI QIDQ4384056

James F. Lawrence

Publication date: 20 April 1998

Published in: Canadian Mathematical Bulletin (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4153/cmb-1997-056-4

zbMATH Keywords

Euler characteristicarrangement of hyperplanesEuler relationoriented matroid polytopes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial properties of polytopes and polyhedra (number of faces, shortest paths, etc.) (52B05) Matroids in convex geometry (realizations in the context of convex polytopes, convexity in combinatorial structures, etc.) (52B40) Arrangements of points, flats, hyperplanes (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C35)

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