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Polyhedral Gauss-Bonnet theorems and valuations

Metric Geometry 2017-08-18 v1

Abstract

The Gauss-Bonnet theorem for a polyhedron (a union of finitely many compact convex polytopes) in nn-dimensional Euclidean space expresses the Euler characteristic of the polyhedron as a sum of certain curvatures, which are different from zero only at the vertices of the polyhedron. This note suggests a generalization of these polyhedral vertex curvatures, based on valuations, and thus obtains a variety of polyhedral Gauss-Bonnet theorems.

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@article{arxiv.1708.05213,
  title  = {Polyhedral Gauss-Bonnet theorems and valuations},
  author = {Rolf Schneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.05213},
  year   = {2017}
}
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