Questions tagged [hyperplane-arrangements]
A hyperplane arrangement is a set of hyperplanes in a vector space or in a projective space. The complement of the union of these hyperplanes defines an algebraic variety, with interesting geometry and topology.
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Extending a line-arrangement so that the bounded components of its complement are triangles
Given a finite collection of lines $L_1,\dots,L_m$ in ${\bf{R}}^2$, let $R_1,\dots,R_n$ be the connected components of ${\bf{R}}^2 \setminus (L_1 \cup \dots \cup L_m)$, and say that $\{L_1,\dots,L_m\}...
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Pencils with many completely decomposable fibers
Let $F= \frac{G}{H} : \mathbb P^n \to \mathbb P^1$ be a non-constant rational function ($G$ and $H$ homogenous polynomials of the same degree
in $\mathbb C^{n+1})$.
The fiber over $(\lambda:\mu) \in ...
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Interactions between pseudoline arrangements and braid groups?
It is common to represent
pseudoline arrangements
as wiring diagrams:
Fig. from: "Hamiltonicity and colorings of arrangement ...
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Cohomology of the complement of the resonance hyperplane arrangement
Here was a question about resonance arrangement. It is defined as follows.
Let $x_i$ be the standard coordinates on $\mathbb{C}^n$. For each nonempty $I\subseteq\{1,\dots,n\}$, define the hyperplane $...
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Combinatorial region-halfplane incidence structures
I've seen a bunch of similar MO questions, yet hopefully this is not a complete duplicate.
Consider $n$ halfplanes in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with their borders in general position, that is, no point of $\...
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Have the affine simplicial line arrangments been enumerated?
I am looking for a classification (or attempt at enumeration) of affine simplicial line arrangements.
A line arrangment is a family of straight lines in $\Bbb R^2$. It is simplicial if all regions are ...
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balls in arrangements of hyperplanes
The following theorem is from Aronov, Naiman, Pach and Sharir's
An invariant property of balls in arrangements of hyperplanes. I would like to state them and then ask if any related problem/theorem ...
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Orlik-Solomon algebra and hyperplane complements in positive characteristic
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p\geq 0$, $\underline H:=\{H_1,\dots, H_m\}$ a set of hyperplanes in $\mathbb A_k^n$ and $X:=\mathbb A^n-(\bigcup H_i)$.
Given a ring $R$ ...
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Random walks in arrangements of lines in the plane
Let $\cal{A}_n$ be a simple arrangement of $n$ lines in $\mathbb{R}^2$.
(Simple: each pair of lines meet in a distinct point, i.e.,
no three lines pass through the same point.)
Start a random walk at ...
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Tensor product of hyperplane arrangements
Let $(A_{1},V_{1})$ and $(A_{2},V_{2})$ be two central hyperplane arrangements, which 0 belongs to their intersections. Let $V=V_{1}\otimes V_{2}$. Define the tensor product arrangement $(A_{1}\otimes ...
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Sheaves with specified singular support at infinity coming from hyperplane arrangements
Given a manifold $M$, we consider its cotangent bundle $T^*M$, and its cocircle bundle $T^\infty M$, quotienting out by the scaling action of the positive reals. Given a Legendrian submanifold $\...
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Bounds on k-tuple points for intersections of hyperplanes
Suppose that $H_1$,...,$H_d$ are hyperplanes in $\mathbb P^n$ (over some field -- you can pick). For $k \geq n$, let $t_k$ denote the number of points through which there pass exactly $k$ hyperplanes....
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Counting the polytopes of the translates of the resonance hyperplane arrangement inside the unit hypercube
Let $n$ be a positive natural number. For all $\emptyset \subset S \subseteq \{1, \ldots, n\}$ and $k \in \mathbb{Z}$, define the hyperplane $H(S,k)$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ given by the equations
$$H(S,k):=...
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When is a wonderful compactification a toric variety?
Given a (projective) hyperplane arrangement $\mathcal{A}$ in $\mathbb{C}^n$, in which we assume the intersection of all hyperplanes is $0$, and a building set $G$, De Concini and Procesi define the ...
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Salvetti complexes and cohomology of affine completion of Artin groups $E_6$ and $E_7$
After the solution of the Brieskorn-Arnold Pham conjecture on the asphericity of a space for affine Artin groups by Paolini and Salvetti MR4243019 (arXiv), I would like to know if there are ...
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Polynomiality of the inverse of equally weighted Varchenko matrices attached to hyperplane arrangements
Let $d\in \mathbb{Z}_{\ge 1}$, let $\sigma = (H_i)_{i\in \mathcal{I}}$ be a finite hyperplane arrangement in $\mathbb{R}^d$, where $H_i\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ is a hyperplane for $i\in \mathcal{I}$ (the ...
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Cohomology of higher codimensional arrangements
Hyperplane arrangements are classical objects of study and there is a large literature on this subject, e.g. dealing with computing the cohomology of the complement. I am looking for similar results ...
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Homotopy type of hyperplane arrangements intersected with real subspaces
The homotopy type, and especially the higher homotopy groups of complement of hyperplane arrangements in $\mathbb{C}^n$ has been extensively studied, for example Falk and Randell - On the homotopy ...
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Real-isability of a (relatively small) subconfiguration of the Klein configuration
The Klein configuration consists of $60$ points and $60$ planes in $\mathbb C\mathbf P^3$, each point lying on $15$ of the planes and each plane containing $15$ of the points. It appears, among many ...
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Polyhedron coordinate bound
Given a polyhedron
$$Ax\leq b$$
where we assume $A\in\mathbb Q^{m\times n}$ and $b\in\mathbb Q^{m}$ and it takes $L$ bits to represent the inequalities what is a good bound on the quantity $\|y\|_\...
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Sources for describing the characteristic polynomial of a nonintegral hyperplane arrangement in terms of point counting?
I have a family of hyperplane arrangements, and I'd like to describe their characteristic polynomials. When the hyperplanes are defined over the integers, the easiest way for me to do this is to use ...
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Are the following hyperplane arrangements previously studied?
For a subset $I$ of $[n]$, a hyperplane $H_I \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is defined by $$\sum_{i \in I} x_i= \sum_{j \not\in I} x_j.$$
Have you seen the following hyperplane arrangements? Is there anything ...
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Is there invariant for regions of central hyperplane arrangement?
Consider central hyperplane arrangement A with normal vectors with all combinations of -1 and 1 (is there name for it?).
There is simple invariant for each chamber of A: sum of vectors, corresponding ...
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Volume of bounded regions in hyperplane arrangements
I am given a hyperplane arrangement $\mathcal{H}_0$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and a function $\phi \colon \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{Q}.$ I choose any enumeration on the set of primitive vectors (i.e. vectors ...
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How many regions are created by the set of all hyperplanes defined by a set of points?
If we have a set of points X in d-dimensional euclidean space, and we look at the set of all hyperplanes that are defined by any subset Y of X (in the sense of being the unique hyperplane containing ...
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Hyperplane arrangements and tropical linear spaces
I have been trying to understand Chapter 5.4 of this Brief Introduction to Tropical Geometry, but I am struggling because of my lack of mathematical background. I will ask a few questions after giving ...
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cone structure of complement of hyperplanes
I want to know if in $\mathbb{R}^{m+3}$ we consider the following hyperplanes:
\begin{cases}
(1-g)y-\sum_{i\in I}x_i=0, & \text{if $I\subset\{1,\cdots,m+2\}$},|I|=g\\
gy-\sum_{i\in I}x_i+\...
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Reference for hyperplane arrangements
I am interested in the hyperplane arrangement in $\mathbb{C}^n$ defined by the polynomial
$$
(x_i-x_j)(x_i+x_j)
$$
for $1<i<j\leq n$.
I vaguely recall that the completion of this arrangement ...
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What are the "ouverts convenables" used to prove Brieskorns lemma?
In the proof of Brieskorns lemma, see 3.3 here, Brieskorn mentions that we take "ouverts convenables" satisfying some properties, but, as far as I can tell, never specifies what these opens actually ...
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Is there any notion of a slack-matrix (and its rank) for a hyperplane arrangement?
I am assuming that the common lineality space of the hyperplane arrangement has already been factored out. So we are looking at an ``effective" arrangement in lower dimensions where all the polyhedra ...
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Characterizing normal vectors of affinely independent subsets of the hypercube
Suppose we are looking at the hypercube in $\mathbb{R}^n$. I tend to the think of the cube with vertex coordinates 0 or 1, but maybe this is easier for the $\pm1$ cube.
Now suppose we have an affine ...
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What are / could be the applications of Delaunay oriented matroids?
The Delaunay oriented matroid is studied in detail by F. Santos (actually this paper is more general).
For a set of points $S$ (in any dimension), let $C$ be a sphere, $C^+$ be its interior, $C^-$ be ...
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Maximal disjoint hyperplanes
Assume a set of $n^{r}$ points $X_{r} = \{ x_{1}, \cdots, x_{n^{r}} \}$ is given occupying a codimension $t^{r}$ subspace in $\mathbb{R}^{n^{r}}$. Let $M_{r}$ be the set of $t^{r}$-tuples of these ...
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Recovery of hyperplane arrangements from homotopical data
Given a hyperplane arrangement, one can construct the homotopical data of the poset of faces and the assignment of each facet to the hyperplane in which it belongs. This should be enough to recover ...
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What breaks down in the theory of affine hyperplane arrangments?
It appears to me that there is a substantial amount of combinatorial algebra and geometry supporting the theory of central hyperplane arrangements (See Topics in Hyperplane Arrangements, Aguiar and ...
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