Euler's characteristic

Japanese: Euler's characteristic(英語表記)Eulerscharacteristic
Euler's characteristic

…The history of research into polyhedra dates back to Greece, but this fact was not discovered until 1640 by R. Descartes, and was rediscovered by L. Euler in 1752. In general, the number a - b + c obtained by subtracting the number b of edges from the sum of the number a of vertices and the number c of faces of a polyhedron is called the Euler characteristic of that polyhedron. The Euler characteristics of homeomorphic polyhedra are the same. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Euler's characteristic" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…多面体の研究の歴史はギリシアにさかのぼるが,この事実は,1640年になって初めてR.デカルトにより発見され,1752年L.オイラーにより再発見されている。一般に多面体の頂点の数aと面の数cとの和から辺の数bを引いた数abcをその多面体のオイラー標数Euler’s characteristicという。同相な多面体のオイラー標数は等しい。…

※「Euler's characteristic」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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