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  • E-ISSN3059-1309
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TOTAL ANGULAR DEFECT AND EULER'S THEOREM FOR POLYHEDRA

TOTAL ANGULAR DEFECT AND EULER'S THEOREM FOR POLYHEDRA

한국수학교육학회지시리즈B:순수및응용수학 / Journal of the Korean Society of Mathematical Education Series B: Theoretical Mathematics and Pedagogical Mathematics, (P)3059-0604; (E)3059-1309
2012, v.19 no.1, pp.37-42
https://doi.org/10.7468/jksmeb.2012.19.1.37
Kim, Dong-Soo (Department of Mathematics, Chonnam National University)
Kim, Young-Ho (Department of Mathematics, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University)

Abstract

We give an elementary proof of Descartes' theorem for polyhedra. Since Descartes' theorem is equivalent to Euler's theorem for polyhedra, this also gives an elementary proof of Euler's theorem.

keywords
polygon, polyhedron, exterior angle theorem, Euler's theorem, Descartes' theorem

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한국수학교육학회지시리즈B:순수및응용수학