On critical sets of convex polyhedra (Q760010)

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    On critical sets of convex polyhedra
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3883110

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      On critical sets of convex polyhedra (English)
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      The critical set of a convex body \(S\subset E^ n\) is defined as the set \(C(S)=\{c\in S:f(S;c,\lambda (S))\subset S\},\) where \(\lambda\) (S) is a measure of symmetry of S which goes back to H. Minkowski (1897), and \(f(S;c,\lambda)=(1+\lambda)c-\lambda S.\) In this paper it is proved that every polyhedron in \(E^ n\) is the critical set of some other polyhedron.
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      critical set
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      measure of symmetry
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      convex polyhedron
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      critical point
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      carrier plane
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      facet
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      connected manifold
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