Triangulation (Topology)/Examples/Surface

Example of Triangulation in context of Topology

Consider a surface $S$.

A triangulation of $S$ consists of simplices which have dimension of $2$ at most.

Hence they are triangles, edges and vertices.


Sources

  • 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): triangulation: 2.
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