Asymmetry of convex polytopes and vertex index of symmetric convex bodies

Discrete and Computational Geometry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 528-536

  Gluskin, E D ^a   Litvak, A E ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetry of polytopes; Illumination parameter; Measures of symmetry; Polytopes with few vertices; Vertex index

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349102368     PISSN: 01795376     EISSN: 14320444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00454-008-9075-9     Document Type: Article

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