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nestohedron

nestohedron noun: for a building set B, the Minkowski sum of the simplices Δ_S as S ranges over B. (Here Δ_S is the standard simplex of S, i.e., the convex hull of the (nonzero endpoints of the) standard unit vectors eᵢ for i in S.) Every nestohedron is a generalized permutahedron.

Noun

nestohedron (plural nestohedra)

  1. For a building set B, the Minkowski sum of the simplices Δ_S as S ranges over B. (Here Δ_S is the standard simplex of S, i.e., the convex hull of the (nonzero endpoints of the) standard unit vectors eᵢ for i in S.) Every nestohedron is a generalized permutahedron.

Forms of nestohedron

pluralnestohedra

Origin of nestohedron

From nest + -o- + -hedron.

Questions about nestohedron

What does nestohedron mean?
Nestohedron means for a building set B, the Minkowski sum of the simplices Δ_S as S ranges over B. (Here Δ_S is the standard simplex of S, i.e., the convex hull of the (nonzero endpoints of the) standard unit vectors eᵢ for i in S.) Every nestohedron is a generalized permutahedron.
What part of speech is nestohedron?
Nestohedron is a noun.
What is the plural of nestohedron?
The plural of nestohedron is nestohedra.

Words near nestohedron in the dictionary

  1. nestlings
  2. nestmaking
  3. nestmate
  4. nestmates
  5. nestohedra
  6. nestohedron
  7. Neston
  8. nestor
  9. Nestorian
  10. Nestorian Acephali
  11. Nestorianism

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