(definition)
Definition: A closed, bounded N-dimensional figure whose faces are hyperplanes. Informally, a multidimensional solid with flat sides. A generalization of polyhedron.
Specialization (... is a kind of me.)
simplex.
Aggregate parent (I am a part of or used in ...)
P-tree.
Author: PEB
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Entry modified 28 June 2004.
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Cite this as:
Paul E. Black, "polytope", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. 28 June 2004. (accessed TODAY)
Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/polytope.html
