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What is the most horrible name you could give to an arrangement of triangles?  Well, another word for arrangement is a complex.  And a triangle is the canonical simplex.  So: a simplex complex?  Its a cute name, but it misses the point.  The technical term is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicial_complex Simplicial complex].  Yeah, simplicial.  Who but a mathematician would determine "simple" to be not complex enough?
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What is the most horrible name you could give to an arrangement of triangles?  Well, another word for arrangement is a complex.  And a triangle is the canonical simplex.  So: a simplex complex?  Its a cute name, but it apparently misses the point.  The technical term is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicial_complex simplicial complex].  Yeah, Simplicial.  Who but a mathematician would determine "simple," and then "simplex," to be not-complex-enough?
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Oh, a simplex is a shape that has exactly one more vertex than it has dimensions (like a triangle, and a pyramid).  Its still synonymous with simple as an adjective.

Latest revision as of 05:40, 18 August 2011

What is the most horrible name you could give to an arrangement of triangles? Well, another word for arrangement is a complex. And a triangle is the canonical simplex. So: a simplex complex? Its a cute name, but it apparently misses the point. The technical term is simplicial complex. Yeah, Simplicial. Who but a mathematician would determine "simple," and then "simplex," to be not-complex-enough?

Oh, a simplex is a shape that has exactly one more vertex than it has dimensions (like a triangle, and a pyramid). Its still synonymous with simple as an adjective.