Strange Phenomena In Convex And Discrete Geometry

Author : Chuanming Zong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461384818
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strange Phenomena in Convex and Discrete Geometry written by Chuanming Zong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Convex and discrete geometry is one of the most intuitive subjects in mathematics. One can explain many of its problems, even the most difficult - such as the sphere-packing problem (what is the densest possible arrangement of spheres in an n-dimensional space?) and the Borsuk problem (is it possible to partition any bounded set in an n-dimensional space into n+1 subsets, each of which is strictly smaller in "extent" than the full set?) - in terms that a layman can understand; and one can reasonably make conjectures about their solutions with little training in mathematics.

Author : Csaba D. Toth
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420035312
Total Pages : 1557 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Discrete and Computational Geometry, Second Edition written by Csaba D. Toth and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-04-13 with total page 1557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While high-quality books and journals in this field continue to proliferate, none has yet come close to matching the Handbook of Discrete and Computational Geometry, which in its first edition, quickly became the definitive reference work in its field. But with the rapid growth of the discipline and the many advances made over the past seven years, it's time to bring this standard-setting reference up to date. Editors Jacob E. Goodman and Joseph O'Rourke reassembled their stellar panel of contributors, added manymore, and together thoroughly revised their work to make the most important results and methods, both classic and cutting-edge, accessible in one convenient volume. Now over more then 1500 pages, the Handbook of Discrete and Computational Geometry, Second Edition once again provides unparalleled, authoritative coverage of theory, methods, and applications. Highlights of the Second Edition: Thirteen new chapters: Five on applications and others on collision detection, nearest neighbors in high-dimensional spaces, curve and surface reconstruction, embeddings of finite metric spaces, polygonal linkages, the discrepancy method, and geometric graph theory Thorough revisions of all remaining chapters Extended coverage of computational geometry software, now comprising two chapters: one on the LEDA and CGAL libraries, the other on additional software Two indices: An Index of Defined Terms and an Index of Cited Authors Greatly expanded bibliographies

Author : Chuanming Zong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139448641
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cube-A Window to Convex and Discrete Geometry written by Chuanming Zong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-02 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tract has two purposes: to show what is known about the n-dimensional unit cubes and to demonstrate how Analysis, Algebra, Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Hyperbolic Geometry, Number Theory, can be applied to the study of them. The unit cubes, from any point of view, are among the most important and fascinating objects in an n-dimensional Euclidean space. However, our knowledge about them is still quite limited and many basic problems remain unsolved. In this Tract eight topics about the unit cubes are introduced: cross sections, projections, inscribed simplices, triangulations, 0/1 polytopes, Minkowski's conjecture, Furtwangler's conjecture, and Keller's conjecture. In particular the author demonstrates how deep analysis like log concave measure and the Brascamp-Lieb inequality can deal with the cross section problem, how Hyperbolic Geometry helps with the triangulation problem, how group rings can deal with Minkowski's conjecture and Furtwangler's conjecture, and how Graph Theory handles Keller's conjecture.

Author : Daniel Hug
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030501809
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lectures on Convex Geometry written by Daniel Hug and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a self-contained introduction to convex geometry in Euclidean space. After covering the basic concepts and results, it develops Brunn–Minkowski theory, with an exposition of mixed volumes, the Brunn–Minkowski inequality, and some of its consequences, including the isoperimetric inequality. Further central topics are then treated, such as surface area measures, projection functions, zonoids, and geometric valuations. Finally, an introduction to integral-geometric formulas in Euclidean space is provided. The numerous exercises and the supplementary material at the end of each section form an essential part of the book. Convexity is an elementary and natural concept. It plays a key role in many mathematical fields, including functional analysis, optimization, probability theory, and stochastic geometry. Paving the way to the more advanced and specialized literature, the material will be accessible to students in the third year and can be covered in one semester.

Author : Rolf Schneider
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107601010
Total Pages : 759 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Convex Bodies: The Brunn–Minkowski Theory written by Rolf Schneider and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 759 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete presentation of a central part of convex geometry, from basics for beginners, to the exposition of current research.

Author : Gergely Ambrus
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662574136
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Trends in Intuitive Geometry written by Gergely Ambrus and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-03 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 17 surveys that cover many recent developments in Discrete Geometry and related fields. Besides presenting the state-of-the-art of classical research subjects like packing and covering, it also offers an introduction to new topological, algebraic and computational methods in this very active research field. The readers will find a variety of modern topics and many fascinating open problems that may serve as starting points for research.

Author : Silouanos Brazitikos
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470414562
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geometry of Isotropic Convex Bodies written by Silouanos Brazitikos and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of high-dimensional convex bodies from a geometric and analytic point of view, with an emphasis on the dependence of various parameters on the dimension stands at the intersection of classical convex geometry and the local theory of Banach spaces. It is also closely linked to many other fields, such as probability theory, partial differential equations, Riemannian geometry, harmonic analysis and combinatorics. It is now understood that the convexity assumption forces most of the volume of a high-dimensional convex body to be concentrated in some canonical way and the main question is whether, under some natural normalization, the answer to many fundamental questions should be independent of the dimension. The aim of this book is to introduce a number of well-known questions regarding the distribution of volume in high-dimensional convex bodies, which are exactly of this nature: among them are the slicing problem, the thin shell conjecture and the Kannan-Lovász-Simonovits conjecture. This book provides a self-contained and up to date account of the progress that has been made in the last fifteen years.

Author : Alexander Kharazishvili
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1040014267
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Combinatorial Methods in Geometry written by Alexander Kharazishvili and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an introduction to some combinatorial (also, set-theoretical) approaches and methods in geometry of the Euclidean space Rm. The topics discussed in the manuscript are due to the field of combinatorial and convex geometry. The author’s primary intention is to discuss those themes of Euclidean geometry which might be of interest to a sufficiently wide audience of potential readers. Accordingly, the material is explained in a simple and elementary form completely accessible to the college and university students. At the same time, the author reveals profound interactions between various facts and statements from different areas of mathematics: the theory of convex sets, finite and infinite combinatorics, graph theory, measure theory, classical number theory, etc. All chapters (and also the five Appendices) end with a number of exercises. These provide the reader with some additional information about topics considered in the main text of this book. Naturally, the exercises vary in their difficulty. Among them there are almost trivial, standard, nontrivial, rather difficult, and difficult. As a rule, more difficult exercises are marked by asterisks and are provided with necessary hints. The material presented is based on the lecture course given by the author. The choice of material serves to demonstrate the unity of mathematics and variety of unexpected interrelations between distinct mathematical branches.

Author : Joseph O’Rourke
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031475119
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reshaping Convex Polyhedra written by Joseph O’Rourke and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard A. Holmgren
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441987320
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A First Course in Discrete Dynamical Systems written by Richard A. Holmgren and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the ease with which computers can do iteration it is now possible for almost anyone to generate beautiful images whose roots lie in discrete dynamical systems. Images of Mandelbrot and Julia sets abound in publications both mathematical and not. The mathematics behind the pictures are beautiful in their own right and are the subject of this text. Mathematica programs that illustrate the dynamics are included in an appendix.