HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE EULER CHARACTERISTIC AND SOME OF ITS DEVELOPMENTS IN MODERN TOPOLOGY
We begin by describing where and when Euler obtained the famous formula V + F = E + 2, which relates the number of vertices, edges and faces of a polyhedron that satisfies certain conditions. A few considerations are made about the relation of this formula with other problems and some difficulties...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de História da Matemáticas (SBHMat)
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de História da Matemática |
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| Online Access: | https://www.rbhm.org.br/index.php/RBHM/article/view/170 |