What is the difference between polytope and polyhedron?
polytope | polyhedron |
(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,
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* 2006 , Rekha R. Thomas, Lectures in Geometric Combinatorics ,
(geometry) A solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.
(optics) A polyscope, or multiplying glass.
Polyhedron is a hypernym of polytope.
Polyhedron is a hyponym of polytope.
In geometry terms the difference between polytope and polyhedron
is that polytope is 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 polyhedron is a solid figure with many flat faces and straight edges.polytope
English
(wikipedia polytope)Noun
(en noun)page 701,
- As is well known, the theory of linear inequalities is closely related to the study of convex polytopes .
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.
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- 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 .