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Characterization of certain polytopes by intersection properties of their translates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Rolf Schneider
Affiliation:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
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The object of the present note is to prove the following theorem. †

Theorem. Let P be a convex d-polytope in d-dimensional real vector space Rd (d ≥ 2). If each d-polytope which is the intersection of two translates of P has the same number of vertices as P, then P is a direct linear sum ‡ of simplices.

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Research Article
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Copyright © University College London 1969

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