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polar cone

polar cone noun: relative to a set S in Rⁿ, the set of points y such that the inner product of x and y is not positive for any point x in S.

polar cone: relative to a set S in Rⁿ, the set of points y such that the inner product of x and y is not...
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Noun

polar cone (plural polar cones)

  1. Relative to a set S in Rⁿ, the set of points y such that the inner product of x and y is not positive for any point x in S.
    • Since a is in S and b is in Sᵒ — the polar cone of S — we know that aᵀ b ≤ 0.

Forms of polar cone

pluralpolar cones

Questions about polar cone

What does polar cone mean?
Polar cone means relative to a set S in Rⁿ, the set of points y such that the inner product of x and y is not positive for any point x in S.
What part of speech is polar cone?
Polar cone is a noun.
What is the plural of polar cone?
The plural of polar cone is polar cones.

Words near polar cone in the dictionary

  1. polar caps
  2. polar circle
  3. polar circles
  4. polar cod
  5. polar cods
  6. polar cone
  7. polar cones
  8. polar coordinate
  9. polar coordinates
  10. polar covalent bond
  11. polar covalent bonds

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