In mathematics, convex geometry is the branch of geometry studying convex sets, mainly in Euclidean space. Convex sets occur naturally in many areas:...
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In geometry, a set of points is convex if it contains every line segment between two points in the set. For example, a solid cube is a convex set, but...
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In geometry, the convex hull, convex envelope or convex closure of a shape is the smallest convex set that contains it. The convex hull may be defined...
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In geometry, a convex polygon is a polygon that is the boundary of a convex set. This means that the line segment between two points of the polygon is...
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groups are sometimes regarded as strongly geometric as well. Convex geometry investigates convex shapes in the Euclidean space and its more abstract analogues...
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Grigori Perelman (section Convex geometry)
in the field of convex geometry. His first published article studied the combinatorial structures arising from intersections of convex polyhedra.[P85]...
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solid geometry Contact geometry Convex geometry Descriptive geometry Differential geometry Digital geometry Discrete geometry Distance geometry Elliptic...
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Discrete Geometry, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 212, Springer, ISBN 9780387953748, MR 1899299 Rockafellar, R. T. (1997) [1970]. Convex Analysis...
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(disambiguation) Cone (geometry) Cone (topology) Farkas' lemma Bipolar theorem Ordered vector space Boyd, Stephen; Vandenberghe, Lieven (2004-03-08). Convex Optimization...
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In geometry, a convex curve is a plane curve that has a supporting line through each of its points. There are many other equivalent definitions of these...
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In convex geometry and vector algebra, a convex combination is a linear combination of points (which can be vectors, scalars, or more generally points...
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Carathéodory's theorem is a theorem in convex geometry. It states that if a point x {\displaystyle x} lies in the convex hull C o n v ( P ) {\displaystyle...
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Ziegler on the subject, as well as in many other texts in discrete geometry, convex polytopes are often simply called "polytopes". Grünbaum points out...
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M. Gruber, Convex and discrete geometry, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2007. P. M. Gruber, J. M. Wills (editors), Handbook of convex geometry. Vol. A. B...
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Regular 4-polytope (redirect from Convex regular polychoron)
Still "Convex and abstract polytopes", Programme and abstracts, MIT, 2005 Johnson, Norman W. (2018). "§ 11.5 Spherical Coxeter groups". Geometries and Transformations...
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Constantin Carathéodory (section Convex geometry)
Carathéodory's theorem in convex geometry states that if a point x {\displaystyle x} of R d {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{d}} lies in the convex hull of a set P...
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construct convex hulls of various objects have a broad range of applications in mathematics and computer science. In computational geometry, numerous...
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Convex analysis is the branch of mathematics devoted to the study of properties of convex functions and convex sets, often with applications in convex...
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Polyhedron (redirect from Convex polyhedra)
In geometry, a polyhedron (pl.: polyhedra or polyhedrons; from Greek πολύ (poly-) 'many' and ἕδρον (-hedron) 'base, seat') is a three-dimensional figure...
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Tangent cone (category Convex geometry)
In geometry, the tangent cone is a generalization of the notion of the tangent space to a manifold to the case of certain spaces with singularities. In...
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Toric variety (redirect from Toric geometry)
polytope, which creates a powerful connection of the subject with convex geometry. Familiar examples of toric varieties are affine space, projective...
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Mean width (category Integral geometry)
usually mentioned in any good reference on convex geometry, for instance, Selected topics in convex geometry by Maria Moszyńska (Birkhäuser, Boston 2006)...
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Radon's theorem (category Theorems in convex geometry)
In geometry, Radon's theorem on convex sets, published by Johann Radon in 1921, states that: Any set of d + 2 points in Rd can be partitioned into two...
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Discrete geometry has a large overlap with convex geometry and computational geometry, and is closely related to subjects such as finite geometry, combinatorial...
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Rotating calipers (category Convex geometry)
images Convex polygon Convex hull Smallest enclosing box "Rotating Calipers" at Toussaint's home page Shamos, Michael (1978). "Computational Geometry" (PDF)...
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glossary. A caveat: many terms in Riemannian and metric geometry, such as convex function, convex set and others, do not have exactly the same meaning as...
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In mathematics, specifically convex geometry, the normal fan of a convex polytope P is a polyhedral fan that is dual to P. Normal fans have applications...
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2-dimensional geometry, a lens is a convex region bounded by two circular arcs joined to each other at their endpoints. In order for this shape to be convex, both...
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of a real or complex vector space is said to be absolutely convex or disked if it is convex and balanced (some people use the term "circled" instead of...
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Lithuanian-German, or Russian. He created and developed the geometry of numbers and elements of convex geometry, and used geometrical methods to solve problems in...
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