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The ”little geometer” and the difficulty of computing the volume. (English) Zbl 1240.52001

From the introduction: I met Gyuri Elekes in the math club of the Mihály Fazekas High School (a high school with a special program for mathematically talented students) some 47 years ago. He was a year younger, and excelled in solving geometry problems by particularly simple, elegant arguments. We (the old sophomores) called him among ourselves the “little geometer”. In this paper I would like to describe one of his results, which turned a “little geometer” into a “great geometer”.

MSC:

52-03 History of convex and discrete geometry
01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies
52A38 Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry)

Keywords:

volume

Biographic References:

Elekes, Gyuri
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