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Is it possible for the projection of the set of points (x,y,z)(x, y, z) with 0x,y,z10 \leq x, y, z \leq 1 onto some two-dimensional plane to be a simple convex pentagon?

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Solution

It is not possible. Consider PP, the projection of \left(\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{2}\right)ontotheplane.Sinceforanypoint onto the plane. Since for any point (x, y, z)inthecube, in the cube, (1-x, 1-y, 1-z)isalsointhecube,andthemidpointoftheirprojectionswillbetheprojectionoftheirmidpoint,whichis is also in the cube, and the midpoint of their projections will be the projection of their midpoint, which is P,theprojectionofthecubeontothisplanewillbeacentrallysymmetricregionaround, the projection of the cube onto this plane will be a centrally symmetric region around P$, and thus cannot be a pentagon.

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