Interlocking of convex polyhedra: Towards a geometric theory of fragmented solids

Moscow Mathematical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 337-342

  Kanel Belov, A J ^a,b,c   Dyskin, A V ^d   Estrin, Y ^e,f   Pasternak, E ^d   Ivanov Pogodaev, I A ^g  

^a Moscow Institute of Open Education   (Russian Federation)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Combinatorial geometry; Convex polyhedron; Interlocking structures; Tilling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961007773     PISSN: 16093321     EISSN: 16094514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17323/1609-4514-2010-10-2-337-342     Document Type: Article

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