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A Short Proof of Euler’s Relation for Convex Polytopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Jim Lawrence
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Abstract

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The purpose of this paper is to present a short, self-contained proof of Euler’s relation. The ingredients of this proof are (i) the principle of inclusion and exclusion of combinatorics and (ii) the Euler characteristic; a development of the Euler characteristic is included.

Keywords

52A25
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , 01 December 1997 , pp. 471 - 474
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1997

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