let p be polyhedron; ( p is simply-connected & dim p = 3 implies ((num-vertices p) - (num-edges p)) + (num-faces p) = 2 )
set s = ((num-polytopes p,0 ) - (num-polytopes p,1)) + (num-polytopes p,2);
set c = alternating-f-vector p;
assume
p is simply-connected
; ( not dim p = 3 or ((num-vertices p) - (num-edges p)) + (num-faces p) = 2 )
then A1:
p is eulerian
by Th89;
assume A2:
dim p = 3
; ((num-vertices p) - (num-edges p)) + (num-faces p) = 2
then A3:
((num-polytopes p,0 ) - (num-polytopes p,1)) + (num-polytopes p,2) = Sum (alternating-proper-f-vector p)
by Th87;
0 =
Sum (alternating-f-vector p)
by A1, Def31
.=
(((num-polytopes p,0 ) - (num-polytopes p,1)) + (num-polytopes p,2)) - 2
by A2, A3, Th6, Th83
;
hence
((num-vertices p) - (num-edges p)) + (num-faces p) = 2
; verum