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Euler Measure


Define the Euler measure of a polyhedral set as the Euler integral of its indicator function. It is easy to show by induction that the Euler measure of a closed bounded convex polyhedron is always 1 (independent of dimension), while the Euler measure of a d-D relative-open bounded convex polyhedron is (-1)^d.


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Propp, J. "proof of Euler-Poincare formula." math-fun@cs.arizona.edu posting, Aug. 30, 1996.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Euler Measure." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EulerMeasure.html

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