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A theory of polytopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

W.A. Coppel
W.A. Coppel
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical PhysicsInstitute of Advanced StudiesAustralian National UniversityCanberra ACT 0200Australia
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Abstract

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The basic properties of polytopes and their faces are derived from a set of axioms which are satisfied, in particular, by polytopes in Euclidean, hyperbolic or (hemi-)spherical space. The underlying space is not assumed to be either dense or unbounded.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , August 1995 , pp. 1 - 24
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1995

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