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Equivalently, a convex set or a convex region is a subset that intersects every line into a single line segment (possibly empty). For example, a solid cube is a convex set, but anything that is hollow or has an indent, for example, a crescent shape, is not convex. The boundary of a convex set in the plane is always a convex curve.
Catalan solid. A toroidal polyhedron. In geometry, a polyhedron ( pl.: polyhedra or polyhedrons; from Greek πολύ (poly-) 'many', and ἕδρον (-hedron) 'base, seat') is a three-dimensional shape with flat polygonal faces, straight edges and sharp corners or vertices . A convex polyhedron is a polyhedron that bounds a convex set.
Convex geometry. In mathematics, convex geometry is the branch of geometry studying convex sets, mainly in Euclidean space. Convex sets occur naturally in many areas: computational geometry, convex analysis, discrete geometry, functional analysis, geometry of numbers, integral geometry, linear programming, probability theory, game theory, etc.
In elementary geometry, a polytope is a geometric object with flat sides ( faces ). Polytopes are the generalization of three-dimensional polyhedra to any number of dimensions. Polytopes may exist in any general number of dimensions n as an n -dimensional polytope or n-polytope.
In elementary geometry, a face is a polygon [note 1] on the boundary of a polyhedron. [2] [3] Other names for a polygonal face include polyhedron side and Euclidean plane tile . For example, any of the six squares that bound a cube is a face of the cube. Sometimes "face" is also used to refer to the 2-dimensional features of a 4-polytope.
Platonic solid. In geometry, a Platonic solid is a convex, regular polyhedron in three-dimensional Euclidean space. Being a regular polyhedron means that the faces are congruent (identical in shape and size) regular polygons (all angles congruent and all edges congruent), and the same number of faces meet at each vertex.
Regular polyhedron. A regular polyhedron is a polyhedron whose symmetry group acts transitively on its flags. A regular polyhedron is highly symmetrical, being all of edge-transitive, vertex-transitive and face-transitive. In classical contexts, many different equivalent definitions are used; a common one is that the faces are congruent regular ...
Cuboid. In geometry, a cuboid is a quadrilateral -faced convex hexahedron (a polyhedron with six faces). "Cuboid" means "like a cube ", in the sense of a convex solid which can be transformed into a cube by adjusting the lengths of its edges or/and the angles between its adjacent faces. In general mathematical language, a cuboid is a convex ...