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Abstract regular polytopes

By Peter McMullen , Egon Schulte

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0521814960, 978-0-521-81496-6
Open Library ID
OL7755544M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
5 MB (5288829 bytes)
Series
Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications
Pages
561\561
Topic
Mathematics Algebra
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Abstract regular polytopes stand at the end of more than two millennia of geometrical research, which began with regular polygons and polyhedra. The rapid development of the subject in the past twenty years has resulted in a rich new theory featuring an attractive interplay of mathematical areas, including geometry, combinatorics, group theory and topology. This is the first comprehensive, up-to-date account of the subject and its ramifications. It meets a critical need for such a text, because no book has been published in this area since Coxeter's "Regular Polytopes" (1948) and "Regular Complex Polytopes" (1974).

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