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This equation, stated by Euler in 1758, [2] is known as Euler's polyhedron formula. [3] It corresponds to the Euler characteristic of the sphere (i.e. = ), and applies identically to spherical polyhedra. An illustration of the formula on all Platonic polyhedra is given below.
In calculating the Euler characteristic of S′ we notice the loss of e P − 1 copies of P above π(P) (that is, in the inverse image of π(P)). Now let us choose triangulations of S and S′ with vertices at the branch and ramification points, respectively, and use these to compute the Euler characteristics.
The non-orientable genus, demigenus, or Euler genus of a connected, non-orientable closed surface is a positive integer representing the number of cross-caps attached to a sphere. Alternatively, it can be defined for a closed surface in terms of the Euler characteristic χ, via the relationship χ = 2 − k , where k is the non-orientable genus.
Repeat until the remaining graph is a tree; trees have v = e + 1 and f = 1, yielding v – e + f = 2, i. e., the Euler characteristic is 2. In a finite, connected , simple , planar graph, any face (except possibly the outer one) is bounded by at least three edges and every edge touches at most two faces, so 3 f <= 2 e ; using Euler's formula ...
Given a CW complex S containing one vertex, one edge, one face, and generally exactly one cell of every dimension, Euler's formula V − E + F − · · · for the Euler characteristic of S returns 1 − 1 + 1 − · · ·. There are a few motivations for defining a generalized Euler characteristic for such a space that turns out to be 1/2.
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Two special cases worth singling out are the following. If the order of M is relatively prime to the characteristic of the residue field of K, then the Euler characteristic is one. If K is a finite extension of the p-adic numbers Q p, and if v p denotes the p-adic valuation, then