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A Short Proof of Euler’s Relation for Convex Polytopes
Canadian mathematical bulletin, Tome 40 (1997) no. 4, pp. 471-474

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The purpose of this paper is to present a short, self-contained proof of Euler’s relation. The ingredients of this proof are (i) the principle of inclusion and exclusion of combinatorics and (ii) the Euler characteristic; a development of the Euler characteristic is included.
DOI : 10.4153/CMB-1997-056-4
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