Intuition behind the proof of Theorem 4. de GrootDaan H. HulshofJosephus TeusinkBas BruggemanFrank J. PlanquéRobert 2020 <p>As <i>μ</i> is increased, the polytope cuts through the ribosome allocation constraint , with |<b><i>α</i></b>| = λ shown in blue. Exactly at the maximal growth rate, the intersection of the polytope with |<b><i>α</i></b>| = λ is reduced to one vertex (black dot), i.e., one EGS.</p>