Scissors Congruences, Group Homology and Characteristic Classes (Nankai Tracts in Mathematics, V. 1.)
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: May 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9789810245078
Subjects: Euclidean geometry; Topology; Topology - General; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Volume (Cubic content); General; Geometry - General; Characteristic classes; Tetrahedra
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'.