 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
A subset  of
 of  is called a unit
 is called a unit  -cube if it is
the convex hull of all
-cube if it is
the convex hull of all  points with components 0 or
 points with components 0 or  .   It has
exactly
.   It has
exactly  vertices and
 vertices and  facets.  A cube or 
hypercube is a 
convex polytope which is isomorphic to the
 facets.  A cube or 
hypercube is a 
convex polytope which is isomorphic to the  -cube for some
-cube for some
 .
.
A dual (see 2.4) of a cube is called a cross polytope.