Newton polytope

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkb:Polygon
gptkbp:application studying singularities of algebraic varieties
studying solutions to polynomial equations
gptkbp:category gptkb:algebraic_geometry
polytopes
gptkbp:defines The convex hull of the exponent vectors of the monomials appearing in a Laurent polynomial.
gptkbp:dimensions equal to the number of variables in the polynomial
gptkbp:field gptkb:algebraic_geometry
combinatorics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Newton polytope
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkbp:property depends on the support of the polynomial
is a convex polytope in Euclidean space
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:moment_polytope
gptkb:Newton_polygon
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Laurent_polynomial
convex hull
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:algebraic_statistics
gptkb:tropical_geometry
toric geometry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Okounkov_body
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5