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Discrete geometry is a relatively new development in pure mathematics, while computational geometry is an emerging area in applicationsdriven computer science. Today, it is one of the most vivid mathematical disciplines, a must for every mathematiciancomputer scientist of the 21st century. Lectures on discrete geometry jiri matousek errata the book appeared in april 2002 as volume 212 of the springer gtm series. Synthetic geometry definition of synthetic geometry by. Many authors have recently observed that polyhedral geometry plays a special role in combinatorial representation theory see, for example, 2, 7, 8, 1012, 14, and the references within.
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