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Polygons, polyhedra, polytopes

In: Geometry Revealed

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  • Marcel Berger

    (IHÉS, Bures-sur-Yvette, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques)

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The polytopes subj Polytopes are, by definition, the convex envelopes of finite sets of points of an affine space. When this space is of dimension 2 (a plane), we speak of polygons; subj Polygon if the dimension is 3, we speak of polyhedra subj Polyhedron , and from then on – or from the very beginning – of polytopes. We are thus dealing with objects that are simplest after triangles. Now a detailed study of polyhedra is very recent. If we exclude the fundamental book of Steinitz name Steinitz , Ernst from 1934 and his papers from between 1906 and 1928, we find practically nothing on polyhedra before the 1960s.

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  • Marcel Berger, 2010. "Polygons, polyhedra, polytopes," Springer Books, in: Geometry Revealed, chapter 0, pages 505-561, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-70997-8_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-70997-8_8
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