volumes of 4D polytopes ??

vdmcc w.meeussen.vdmcc at vandemoortele.be
Thu May 6 17:37:29 CEST 1999


hi,

since every integer can be written as a sum of 4 squares in **at least**
one way,
every integer defines a 4D polytope.
Can volumes of such things be defined, and do they turn out to be integer
valued?
Does anyone have QHull (=C-program to calculate convex hulls in 4D) on
board?

ps.
of course the 3D equivalents (cfr earlier post) have volumes that are
Integer/3.
The proof is elementary. Eight octants. Each of'm with 3-fold axis.
Polytopes spanning across xy plane are cut in pieces by this plane, the new
(false) points lie on
existing ribs, colinear with the true vertices. Silly

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