Convex vs Quasitoric - What's the difference?
convex | quasitoric |
curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle
* Whewell
(mathematics, not comparable, of a set) arranged such that for any two points in the set, a straight line between the two points is contained within the set.
(geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) having no internal angles greater than 180 degrees.
(functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) having an epigraph which is a convex set.
Any convex body or surface.
* Tickell
(mathematics) Describing a smooth 2n''-dimensional manifold that admits a smooth, locally standard action of an ''n''-dimensional torus, with orbit space an ''n -dimensional simple convex polytope.
As adjectives the difference between convex and quasitoric
is that convex is curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl or sphere or circle while quasitoric is (mathematics) describing a smooth 2n''-dimensional manifold that admits a smooth, locally standard action of an ''n''-dimensional torus, with orbit space an ''n -dimensional simple convex polytope.As a noun convex
is any convex body or surface.convex
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface.
Antonyms
* concaveDerived terms
* convex combination * convex setNoun
(es)- Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame.