Download or read book Lectures on Discrete Geometry written by Ji?í Matoušek and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-05-02 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main topics in this introductory text to discrete geometry include basics on convex sets, convex polytopes and hyperplane arrangements, combinatorial complexity of geometric configurations, intersection patterns and transversals of convex sets, geometric Ramsey-type results, and embeddings of finite metric spaces into normed spaces. In each area, the text explains several key results and methods.