2.II.12G
Part IB, 2008
Show that the area of a spherical triangle with angles is . Hence derive the formula for the area of a convex spherical -gon.
Deduce Euler's formula for a decomposition of a sphere into convex polygons with a total of edges and vertices.
A sphere is decomposed into convex polygons, comprising quadrilaterals, pentagons and hexagons, in such a way that at each vertex precisely three edges meet. Show that there are at most 7 possibilities for the pair , and that at least 3 of these do occur.