Definition:Concave Polyhedron/Definition 2

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Definition

Let $P$ be a polyhedron.

$P$ is a concave polyhedron if and only if:

at least one face of $P$ lies in a plane such that $P$ does not lie completely on one side of that plane.

Also see

• Equivalence of Definitions of Concave Polyhedron

• Results about concave polyhedra can be found here.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): concave polyhedron
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): concave polyhedron