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Nef polyhedron

Okay kiddo, let's talk about a thing called a nef polyhedron. Have you ever seen a cube before? It's a shape with six square faces that all meet at right angles. A nef polyhedron is like a special kind of cube, but instead of having square faces, it can have different shapes like triangles or rectangles.

But here's the really special thing about a nef polyhedron. It has a property called "nefness" that means it is really good at doing something called "counting." Imagine you have a bunch of marbles, and you want to know how many you have. You could count them one by one, but that can take a long time if you have a lot of marbles. A nef polyhedron can help you count really quickly!

The way it works is like this. Imagine you have different colors of marbles - red, blue, and green. You could make a nef polyhedron where each face is a different color. Then, if you want to count how many marbles you have of each color, you can just look at the faces of the nef polyhedron and add up the number of marbles on each face!

So, a nef polyhedron is a special 3D shape that can be made out of different shapes, and it has a special property called "nefness" that makes it really good at counting things. Pretty cool, right?
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