Preface -- The CRM and Aisenstadt Chair -- Acknowledgments -- Topic of the Book -- What Is Not Done in This Book -- Contents -- 1 Maps and Discrete Surfaces -- 1.1 Gluing Polygons -- 1.1.1 Intuitive Definition -- 1.1.2 Formal Definition -- 1.1.2.1 Definition with Permutations --…
The problem of enumerating maps (a map is a set of polygonal "countries" on a world of a certain topology, not necessarily the plane or the sphere) is an important problem in mathematics and physics, and it has many applications ranging from statistical physics, geometry, partic…
The problem of enumerating maps (a map is a set of polygonal "countries" on a world of a certain topology, not necessarily the plane or the sphere) is an important problem in mathematics and physics, and it has many applications ranging from statistical physics, geometry, partic…
The problem of enumerating maps (a map is a set of polygonal "countries" on a world of a certain topology, not necessarily the plane or the sphere) is an important problem in mathematics and physics, and it has many applications ranging from statistical physics, geometry, partic…