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The name of the algorithm is derived from the concept of a [[simplex]] and was suggested by [[Theodore Motzkin|T. S. Motzkin]].<ref name="Murty22" >{{harvtxt|Murty|1983|loc=Comment 2.2}}</ref> Simplices are not actually used in the method, but one interpretation of it is that it operates on simplicial ''[[cone (geometry)|cone]]s'', and these become proper simplices with an additional constraint.<ref name="Murty39">{{harvtxt|Murty|1983|loc=Note 3.9}}</ref><ref name="StoneTovey">{{cite journal|last1=Stone|first1=Richard E.|last2=Tovey|first2=Craig A.|title=The simplex and projective scaling algorithms as iteratively reweighted least squares methods|journal=SIAM Review|volume=33|year=1991|issue=2|pages=220–237
|mr=1124362|jstor=2031142|doi=10.1137/1033049}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Stone|first1=Richard E.|last2=Tovey|first2=Craig A.|title=Erratum: The simplex and projective scaling algorithms as iteratively reweighted least squares methods|journal=SIAM Review|volume=33|year=1991|issue=3|pages=461|mr=1124362|doi=10.1137/1033100|jstor=2031443|ref=harv}}</ref><ref name="Strang">{{cite journal|last=Strang|first=Gilbert|authorlink=Gilbert Strang|title=Karmarkar's algorithm and its place in applied mathematics|journal=[[The Mathematical Intelligencer]]|
publisher=Springer|___location=New York|issn=0343-6993|pages=4–10|volume=9|doi=10.1007/BF03025891|mr='''883185'''|ref=harv|issue=2}}</ref> The simplicial cones in question are the corners (i.e., the neighborhoods of the vertices) of a geometric object called a [[polytope]]. The shape of this polytope is defined by the [[System of linear inequalities|constraints]] applied to the objective function.
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If the values of all basic variables are strictly positive, then a pivot must result in an improvement in the objective value. When this is always the case no set of basic variables occurs twice and the simplex algorithm must terminate after a finite number of steps. Basic feasible solutions where at least one of the ''basic ''variables is zero are called ''degenerate'' and may result in pivots for which there is no improvement in the objective value. In this case there is no actual change in the solution but only a change in the set of basic variables. When several such pivots occur in succession, there is no improvement; in large industrial applications, degeneracy is common and such "''stalling''" is notable.
Worse than stalling is the possibility the same set of basic variables occurs twice, in which case, the deterministic pivoting rules of the simplex algorithm will produce an infinite loop, or "cycle". While degeneracy is the rule in practice and stalling is common, cycling is rare in practice. A discussion of an example of practical cycling occurs in Padberg.<ref name="Padberg"/> [[Bland's rule]] prevents cycling and thus guarantee that the simplex algorithm always terminates.<ref name="Padberg"/><ref name="Bland">
{{cite journal|title=New finite pivoting rules for the simplex method|first=Robert G.|last=Bland|journal=Mathematics of Operations Research|volume=2|issue=2|
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