A discrete curvature on a planar graph
Abstract
Description
Given a planar graph derived from a spherical, euclidean or hyperbolic tessellation, one can define a discrete curvature by combinatorial properties, which after embedding the graph in a compact 2d-manifold, becomes the Gaussian curvature.
LaTeX, 14 pages. Dedicated to Alberto Galindo on the occasion of his 70th birthday. In "Encuentros de Fisica Fundamental Alberto Galindo" (Ed. Departamento de Fisica Teorica I de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid) November 2004
LaTeX, 14 pages. Dedicated to Alberto Galindo on the occasion of his 70th birthday. In "Encuentros de Fisica Fundamental Alberto Galindo" (Ed. Departamento de Fisica Teorica I de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid) November 2004