nLab polytope

Context

Topology

topology (point-set topology, point-free topology)

see also differential topology, algebraic topology, functional analysis and topological homotopy theory

Introduction

Basic concepts

Universal constructions

Extra stuff, structure, properties

Examples

Basic statements

Theorems

Analysis Theorems

topological homotopy theory

Idea

The notion of polytope is the generalization of the notion of polygon to arbitrary dimensions.

In algebraic topology, the term “polyhedron” refers to a polyhedral space. See there for more information.

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