Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mathematics, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-60). / Given a degenerate (n + 1)-simplex in a n-dimensional Euclidean space Rn, which is embedded in a (n + 1)-dimensional Euclidean space Rn+l. We allow all its vertices to have continuous motion in the space, either in Rn+l or restricted in Rn. For a given k, based on certain rules, we separate all its k-faces into 2 groups. During the motion, we give the following restriction: the volume of the k-faces in the 1st group can not increase (these faces are called "k-cables"); the volume of the k-faces in the 2nd group can not decrease ("k-struts"). We will prove that, under more conditions, all the volumes of the k-faces will be preserved for any sufficiently small motion. We also partially generalize the above result to spherical space Sn and hyperbolic space Hn. / by Lizhao Zhang. / Ph.D.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/8337 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Zhang, Lizhao, 1973- |
| Contributors | Daniel J. Kleitman., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mathematics., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mathematics. |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | M.I.T. Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 60 leaves, 3229421 bytes, 3229179 bytes, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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