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The convex hull of a set $X$ of points in a Euclidean space is the smallest convex set that contains $X$.

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Convex hull in CAT(0)

Let $X$ be complete $\mathop{CAT}(0)$-space and $K\subset X$ be a compact subset. Is it true that convex hull of $K$ is compact? Comments: Convex hull of $K$ = intersection of all closed convex sets ...
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Deciding membership in a convex hull

Given points $u, v_1, \dots,v_n \in \mathbb{R}^m$, decide if $u$ is contained in the convex hull of $v_1, \dots, v_n$. This can be done efficiently by linear programming (time polynomial in $n,m$) in ...
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Finite set of non-collinear points on plane with every point having ≥ 3 equidistant neighbors? [closed]

Does there exist a finite set of points on the Euclidean plane, such that: No 3 points are collinear, and Every one of the points has (at least) three other points in the set at the same distance ...
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How to apply Hahn-Banach to the convex hull?

I am trying to understand the proof of Lemma 4.1.2 in Michel Talagrand's publication from 1995 on concentration inequalities (see below for the precise question statement): A bit of context: ...
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