Lectures in geometric combinatorics
By: Rekha R. Thomas
Series: Student mathematical library -- v. 33. -- IAS/Park City mathematical subseries; Student mathematical library -- v. 33; Student mathematical library
Publisher: American Mathematical Society; Institute for Advanced Study
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Providence, RI; [Princeton, N.J.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Combinatorial geometry; Combinatorial analysis
Description: "This book presents a course in the geometry of convex polytopes in arbitrary dimension, suitable for an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate student. The book starts with the basics of polytope theory. Schlegel and Gale diagrams are introduced as geometric tools to visualize polytopes in high dimension and to unearth bizarre phenomena in polytopes. The heart of the book is a treatment of the secondary polytope of a point configuration and its connections to the state polytope of the toric ideal defined by the configuration." "The book is self-contained and does not require any background beyond basic linear algebra. With numerous figures and exercises, it can be used as a textbook for courses on geometric, combinatorial, and computational aspects of the theory of polytopes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-140) and index