nestohedron

Meaning

Noun

For a building set B, the Minkowski sum of the simplicies 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 e_i for i in S.) Every nestohedron is a generalized permutahedron.

Origin

nest + -o-

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