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Simplex

In geometry, a simplex (plural: simplexes or simplices) is a generalization of the notion of a triangle or tetrahedron to arbitrary dimensions. The simplex is so-named because it represents the simplest possible polytope in any given dimension. For example,

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Elements

Symmetric graphs of regular simplices

Standard simplex

Cartesian coordinates for a regular n-dimensional simplex in Rn

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Algebraic topology

Algebraic geometry

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Simplex

Nodes167
Edges166
Triples124
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011976
Components1

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related to References · 30
Simplex → Andrew, Archived, As PDF, Boyd, Cambridge University Press, Computer Networks, Convex Optimization, Coxeter, Devroye, Dover, Eric, ISBN, Lieven, Luc, Mathematical Analysis, MathWorld, McGraw-Hill, Non-Uniform Random Variate Generation, Prentice Hall, Principles
related to Cartesian coordinates for a regular n-dimensional simplex in Rn · 13
Simplex → Begin, By, Denote, Each, It, One, Rn, Since, Solving, The, There, These, This
is a · 11
Simplex → affine, example of a 0/1-polytope, join of 4 points, join of two points, k-dimensional simplex whose vertices are the k, n-dimensional manifold with corners, n-dimensional manifold with corners.ProbabilityIn probability theory, n-th triangle number, point, simplex that is also a regular polytope, softmax function
has application · 10
Simplex → For, George Dantzig, In, Neon, Regge, Schlegel, Such, The, The Dirichlet, This
related to Algebraic topology · 8
Simplex → If, In, Rather, Rn, Simplicial, The, These, Thus
related to Elements · 7
Simplex → Consequently, Face, Faces, For, In, Pascal's, The
related to history · 7
Simplex → Donald Coxeter, Henri Poincaré, In, Latin, Pieter Hendrik Schoute, The, William Kingdon Clifford
related to Algebraic geometry · 6
Simplex → Bigg, By, Delta, Since, Spec, The
related to Probability · 5
Simplex → For, In, That, The, This
related to Aitchison geometry · 4
Simplex → Aitchinson, D-1, Delta, It

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Simplexis apoint0.90text
Simplexis asimplex that is also a regular polytope0.90text
Simplexis ak-dimensional simplex whose vertices are the k0.90text
Simplexis an-th triangle number0.90text
Simplexis ajoin of two points0.90text
Simplexis ajoin of 4 points0.90text
Simplexis aexample of a 0/1-polytope0.90text
Simplexis asoftmax function0.90text
Simplexis an-dimensional manifold with corners.ProbabilityIn probability theory0.90text
Simplexis an-dimensional manifold with corners0.90text
Simplexis aaffine0.90text
continuity andinstance ofif it fails to have some desirable property0.80text

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