Combinatorial Convexity and Algebraic Geometry (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)

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Hardcover
1996
$109.19

The book is an introduction to the theory of convex polytopes and polyhedral sets, to algebraic geometry, and to the connections between these fields, known as the theory of toric varieties. The first part of the book covers the theory of polytopes and provides large parts of the mathematical background of linear optimization and of the geometrical aspects in computer science. The second part introduces toric varieties in an elementary way.

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The book is an introduction to the theory of convex polytopes and polyhedral sets, to algebraic geometry, and to the connections between these fields, known as the theory of toric varieties. The first part of the book covers the theory of polytopes and provides large parts of the mathematical background of linear optimization and of the geometrical aspects in computer science. The second part introduces toric varieties in an elementary way.

$109.19

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 386
Publisher: Springer
Published: 29 Oct 1996
ISBN 10: 0387947558
ISBN 13: 9780387947556

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... an excellent addition to the literature of this fascinating research field. J. of Computational and Applied Mathematics / Newsletter on Computational and Applied Mathematics

G. Ewald

Combinatorial Convexity and Algebraic Geometry

An excellent addition to the literature of this fascinating research field. -JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS

For anyone wishing to discover the connections between polytopes and algebraic geometry, this readable and well-organized text can be recommended. -MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS