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Polytope vs Plex - What's the difference?

polytope | plex |

As nouns the difference between polytope and plex

is that polytope is (geometry) a finite region of n -dimensional space bounded by hyperplanes; the geometrical entity represented by the general term of the infinite sequence "point, line, polygon, polyhedron, " while plex is (canada) a low-rise apartment building.

polytope

English

(wikipedia polytope)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geometry) A finite region of n -dimensional space bounded by hyperplanes; the geometrical entity represented by the general term of the infinite sequence "point, line, polygon, polyhedron, ...".
  • * 1964 , , On the Number of Vertices of a Convex Polytope'', ''Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume XVI, Number 4, page 701,
    • As is well known, the theory of linear inequalities is closely related to the study of convex polytopes .
  • * 1998 , F. Pierrot, M. Benoit, P. Dauchez, SamoS: A Pythagorean Solution for Omnidirectional Underwater Vehicles'', Jadran Lenar I, Manfred L. Husty (editors), ''Advances in Robot Kinematics: Analysis and Control , page 220,
    • This polytope' is mapped into a Cartesian force '''polytope''' (''resp.'' torque '''polytope''') in the Cartesian space. Such a '''polytope represents the exact force (''resp. torque) that can be produced on the vehicle main body.
  • * 2006 , Rekha R. Thomas, Lectures in Geometric Combinatorics , page 27,
    • Verify the Hirsch conjecture for the 3-cube, 4-cube and any other polytope that takes your fancy.
    The Steinitz theorem is a very satisfactory understanding of the graphs of three-dimensional polytopes .

    Hyponyms

    * (geometrical figure) polygon

    References

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    plex

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (Canada) A low-rise apartment building.
  • * 2001 , Thomas F. McIlwraith, Edward K. Muller, North America: The Historical Geography of a Changing Continent (page 457)
    • Most new housing has taken the form of single-family dwellings, not plexes , and levels of home ownership have risen steadily.
  • * 2004 , Richard Harris, Creeping Conformity: How Canada Became Suburban, 1900-1960 (page 34)
    • English-style terraced houses or the cheaper type of Montreal plexes that opened directly onto the street made such a way of life possible, but just barely.