Vladimir Boltyanskii Izrail T. Gokhberg Henry Christoffers
In contrast to the vast literature on Euclidean geometry as a whole, little has been published on the relatively recent developments in the field of combinatorial geometry. Boltyanskii and Gohberg's book investigates this area, which has undergone particularly rapid growth in the last thirty years. By restricting themselves to two dimensions, the authors make the book uniquely accessible to interested high school students while maintaining a high level of rigor. They discuss a variety of problems on figures of constant width, convex figures, coverings, and illumination. The book offers a...
In contrast to the vast literature on Euclidean geometry as a whole, little has been published on the relatively recent developments in the field of c...