%0 Journal Article %A Schoenberg, I. J. %A Whitney, Anne %T A theorem on polygons in n dimensions with applications to variation-diminishing and cyclic variation-diminishing linear transformations %J Compositio Mathematica %D 1951 %P 141-160 %V 9 %I Kraus Reprint %U http://www.numdam.org/item/CM_1951__9__141_0/ %G en %F CM_1951__9__141_0