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nestohedron

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

For a building set B, the Minkowski sum of the simplices Δ_S as S ranges over B. (Here Δ_S is the standard simplex of S, i.e., the convex hull of the (nonzero endpoints of the) standard unit vectors ei for i in S.) Every nestohedron is a generalized permutahedron.

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Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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Etymology

From nest + -o- + -hedron.