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001 2010930515
003 DLC
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008 100611s2010 nyu b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2010930515
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020 $a9781441905994 (alk. paper)
020 $a1441905995 (alk. paper)
020 $a9781441906007 (e-ISBN)
020 $a1441906002 (e-ISBN)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn436031056
040 $aUKM$cUKM$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dC#P$dBWX$dCDX$dMUU$dSNK$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aQA640.7$b.B49 2010
082 04 $a516.11$222
100 1 $aBezdek, Károly.
245 10 $aClassical topics in discrete geometry /$cKároly Bezdek.
260 $aNew York :$bSpringer,$cc2010.
300 $axiii, 163 p. ;$c25 cm.
490 0 $aCMS books in mathematics,$x1613-5237
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [153]-163).
520 1 $a"This multipurpose book can serve as a textbook for a semester long graduate level course giving a brief introduction to Discrete Geometry. It also can serve as a research monograph that leads the reader to the frontiers of the most recent research developments in the classical core part of discrete geometry. Finally, the forty-some selected research problems offer a great chance to use the book as a short problem book aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers." "The text is centered around four major and by now classical problems in discrete geometry. The first is the problem of densest sphere packings, which has more than 100 years of mathematically rich history. The second major problem is typically quoted under the approximately 50 years old illumination conjecture of V. Boltyanski and H. Hadwiger. The third topic is on covering by planks and cylinders with emphasis on the affine invariant version of Tarski's plank problem, which was raised by T. Bang more than 50 years ago. The fourth topic is centered around the Kneser-Poulsen Conjecture, which also is approximately 50 years old. All four topics witnessed very recent breakthrough results, explaining their major role in this book."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aDiscrete geometry.