Conical Combination

Given a finite number of vectors in a real vector space, a conical combination or a conical sum of these vectors is a vector of the form

where the real numbers satisfy

The name derives from the fact that a conical sum of vectors defines a cone (possibly in a lower dimensional subspace).

Read more about Conical Combination:  Conical Hull

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