Spherical-triangle proof of the polyhedron Euler formula
ID: spherical-triangle-proof-of-the-polyhedron-euler-formula
Radially project a convex polyhedron from an interior point onto the unit sphere and triangulate each face without adding vertices. There are spherical triangles. The Gauss-Bonnet theorem gives each area as angle sum minus . Summing angles around the projected vertices gives , while the total area is . Thus , proving the formula. Convexity guarantees that the projected triangles cover the sphere without overlaps of interiors.
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