Scissors Congruences, Group Homology and Characteristic Classes (Nankai Tracts in Mathematics, V. 1.)
Publisher: Singapore University Press
Published: February 26, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9789810245085
Subjects: Euclidean geometry; Topology; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Geometry - General; Characteristic classes; Topology - General; Tetrahedra; Volume (Cubic content)
First sentence: It is elementary and well-known that two polygons P and P' in the Euclidean plane have the same area if and only if they are scissors congruent (s.c.), i.e. if they can be subdivided into finitely many pieces such that each piece in P is congruent to exactly one piece in P'.