Extremal Constructions for Polytopes and Spheres
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Acknowledgements It is only fitting to continue the tradition and cite Manuel Abellanas [1] in first place. Without him and his constant encouragement, none of this would have happened. all combis in Berlin, for all the support and the excellent working environment christoph eyrich, for my´sliwska and teaching me all the λ α τ ε χ i know (and then some) Volker Kaibel, for the strongly non-polynomial patience in going through endless details in my manuscripts, and the expertise in shortening or lengthening my proofs Paco Santos, not least for leaving Iñigo a day longer than necessary to come to my exam Ewgenij Gawrilow and Michael Joswig, for polymake the staff and outfitters of the Molotov-cocktail depot, for volatile cakes & coffee Jörg Rambau, for coauthoring Chapter 6 Alexander Schwartz, for reading the manuscript and fixing all the software just in time Bettina Felsner, for making it all work smoothly Lourdes, que tú sabes muy bien todo lo que te tengo que agradecer The place of honor, of course, goes to my PhD advisor, Günter M. Ziegler. He knows better than anyone else just how many wonderful things I learned in these three exciting years in Berlin. Thank you so much for everything, Günter.
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