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		AnimalMuppet on Jan 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A high-dimensional sphere spilling out of a high-d... Isn't it more accurate to say that hypercubes are convex and their projections are pointy?

kgwgk on Jan 17, 2022 | [–]

Yes. Hence the quotes, I guess. But hyperspheres are convex and their projections are also convex. So it's not really appropriate either to say that they are "spiky" as in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29969613

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