Vertex
A vertex is a corner or point where two or more lines, edges, or surfaces meet. The term appears across mathematics, geometry, physics, and computer graphics, each discipline using it with subtly different emphasis.
Meanings
- Vertex (geometry) — a corner point in shapes, polygons, and polyhedra
- Vertex (graph theory) — a node in a Graph (mathematics), connected by edges
- Vertex (computer graphics) — a point in 3D space used to define mesh surfaces and models
- Vertex (physics) — an interaction point where Particles collide or decay
- Vertex (optimization) — a corner point of a feasible region in linear programming problems
Related
Vector space, Matrix, Function (mathematics), Expression (mathematics), Gradient descent