Lectures on Polytopes: 152 (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 152) - Softcover

Ziegler, Günter M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 038794365X ISBN 13: 9780387943657

Publisher: Springer, 1994

Synopsis

Based on a graduate course given at the Technische Universität, Berlin, these lectures present a wealth of material on the modern theory of convex polytopes. The clear and straightforward exposition features many illustrations, and provides complete proofs for most theorems. The material requires only linear algebra as a prerequisite, but takes the reader quickly from the basics to topics of recent research, including a number of unanswered questions. The lectures introduce the basic facts about polytopes, with an emphasis on the methods that yield the results, discuss important examples and elegant constructions, and show the excitement of current work in the field. They will provide interesting and enjoyable reading for researchers as well as students.

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Based on a graduate course given at the Technische Universitat Berlin, these lectures present a wealth of material on the modern theory of convex polytopes. The clear and straightforward presentation features many illustrations, and provides complete proofs for most theorems. The material requires only linear algebra as a prerequisite, but takes the reader quickly from the basics to topics of recent research, including a number of unanswered questions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038794365X
• ISBN 13: 9780387943657
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 381