let p be polyhedron; ( p is simply-connected & dim p = 2 implies num-vertices p = num-edges p )
set s = (num-polytopes p,0 ) - (num-polytopes p,1);
set c = alternating-f-vector p;
assume
p is simply-connected
; ( not dim p = 2 or num-vertices p = num-edges p )
then A1:
p is eulerian
by Th89;
assume A2:
dim p = 2
; num-vertices p = num-edges p
then A3:
(num-polytopes p,0 ) - (num-polytopes p,1) = Sum (alternating-proper-f-vector p)
by Th86;
0 =
Sum (alternating-f-vector p)
by A1, Def31
.=
(num-polytopes p,0 ) - (num-polytopes p,1)
by A2, A3, Th5, Th84
;
hence
num-vertices p = num-edges p
; verum