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Euclidean, hyperbolic, discrete, convex, coarse geometry, metric spaces, comparisons in Riemannian geometry, symmetric spaces.

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Hales's fan associated with a polyhedron

The fan Hales is using is called the "face fan" of the polytope. In toric varieties, one mainly considers the outer normal fan of a polytope, which has a ray for each facet (perpendicular to it). …
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College (Euclidean) geometry textbook recommendations

I really like Isaacs' "Geometry for College Students", which I have taught from several times. It is proof-focussed but not pedantic. It's also pretty cheap ($62). http://www.ams.org/bookstore-ge …
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Side-Angle-Side Congruence and the Parallel Postulate

You don't need the parallel postulate, but you are right to be a bit worried about triangle congruences following from Euclid's axioms. The link provided by Michael Lugo explains the issue: Euclid's …
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Break polyhedron into tetrahedron

If I understand your question correctly, you're saying that the given information is the face structure of a 3-dimensional convex polytope, and you would like a subdivision of the polytope into tetrah …
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