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Four-Dimensional Polytopes: Alicia Boole Stott’s Algorithm

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The first author would like to thank Jan van Maanen for introducing her to Boole Scott's beautiful world. We would also like to thank Marjorie Senechal for her enormous help in improving our text.

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  1. Departamenton de Matemáticas, Estadística y Computación, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. de los Castros s/n, E-39005, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

    Irene Polo-Blanco & Jon Gonzalez-Sanchez

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Correspondence to Jon Gonzalez-Sanchez.

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Jon Gonzalez-Sanchez was partially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education, grant MTM2008-6680-c02-01, partly with FEDER funds.

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Polo-Blanco, I., Gonzalez-Sanchez, J. Four-Dimensional Polytopes: Alicia Boole Stott’s Algorithm. Math Intelligencer 32, 1–6 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-009-9131-1

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