grandes-ecoles 2025 Q15

grandes-ecoles · France · x-ens-maths-d__mp Matrices Linear Transformation and Endomorphism Properties
Let $V \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a non-empty finite set. Justify that to prove that $\operatorname{Conv}(V)$ is a polytope it suffices to treat the case where $\operatorname{Conv}(V)$ is not contained in a hyperplane of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and contains 0 in its interior.
Let $V \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a non-empty finite set. Justify that to prove that $\operatorname{Conv}(V)$ is a polytope it suffices to treat the case where $\operatorname{Conv}(V)$ is not contained in a hyperplane of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and contains 0 in its interior.