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Euler characteristic

Euler characteristic

 
On a circular island we build n straight dams going from sea to sea, so that ...
 
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suni
10/09/09
On a circular island we build n straight dams going from sea to sea, so that every two intersect but no three go through the same point. use Eulers Formula to determine how many parts we get
           
 
sonurado
02/01/13
replied to: suni
Let us take n = 3.
v = 9, e = 15, f = 8.
Consider following figure with n = 4.
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----Try to draw it Start with n = 3------
Clearly, number of vertices (v) = 14, number of edges (e) = 24 and number of faces (f) = 12.
According to Euler’s formula, v + f = e + 2
i.e. v + f = 14 + 12 = 26 = e + 2.
In general we have, v = 2*n + n*(n-1)/2 and e = 2*n + n^2.
Hence, using Euler’s formula,
f = e + 2 – v
= 2*n + n^2 + 2 – 2*n - n*(n-1)/2
After simiplication we have,
f = n (n+1)/2 + 2