2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/154358In 1982-83, E. Nochka proved a conjecture of Cartan on defects of holomorphic curves in $\Bbb P^n$ relative to a possibly degenerate set of hyperplanes. This was further explained by W. Chen in his 1987 thesis, and subseqently simplified by M. Ru and P.-M. Wong in 1991. The proof involved assigning weights to the hyperplanes. This paper provides a mild simplification of the proof of the construction of the weights, by construing the ``Nochka diagram'' of Ru and Wong as a convex hull.6 pages, 1 figure. Reorganized to reflect the submitted version; added a reference to a paper of NochkaNumber TheoryComplex Variables11J13 (Primary); 11J97, 32H30 (Secondary)text