Etymology

Hadwiger's theorem

Today it means: A theorem asserting that every valuation on convex bodies in Rⁿ that is continuous and invariant under rigid motions of Rⁿ is a linear combination of the quermassintegrals (or, equivalently, of the intrinsic volumes). Full definition →

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The story

Proven by Hugo Hadwiger.

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