different between polytope vs polytopic
polytope
English
Etymology
From German Polytop, equivalent to poly- (“many”) + -tope (“surface”). Coined by Hoppe in 1882 and introduced to English by Alicia Boole Stott.
Noun
polytope (plural polytopes)
- (geometry) A finite region of n-dimensional space bounded by hyperplanes (a geometric shape with flat sides, existing in any number of dimensions); the geometrical entity represented by the general term of the infinite sequence "point, line, polygon, polyhedron, ...".
- 1964, Victor Klee, 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.
- 1964, Victor Klee, On the Number of Vertices of a Convex Polytope, Canadian Journal of Mathematics, Volume XVI, Number 4, page 701,
Related terms
- polytopic
Hyponyms
- (geometrical figure): polygon (2d figure), polyhedron (3d figure), polychoron (4d figure), hypercube (generalised cube), simplex (generalised tetrahedron), tesseract (4d cube)
Translations
References
French
Noun
polytope m (plural polytopes)
- polytope
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polytopic
English
Etymology
polytope +? -ic
Adjective
polytopic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to a polytope
- Occurring in two or more areas
Derived terms
- polytopic membrane protein
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