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Question on a vector inequality
Is it true that
$$
\min\left( \begin{aligned}
&\|\mathbf{u}\| + \|\mathbf{v}\| - \|\mathbf{u} + \mathbf{v}\|, \\
&\|\mathbf{u}\| + \|\mathbf{w}\| - \|\mathbf{u} + \mathbf{w}\|, \\
&\|\...
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Seeking Help with Classifying Polygons: Waterholes and Airpockets in 2D Space
I am currently in the process of writing software and have encountered a mathematical problem. Perhaps there are some experts here who are familiar with this. It involves the classification of ...
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Recovering a set from its projections in varying coordinate systems - a projection hull?
Let me describe the simplest non-trivial case of what I have in mind. Let $V$ be a 2-dimensional $\mathbb{R}$-vector space and fix an isomorphism $V \cong \mathbb{R}^2$, where $\mathbb{R}^2$ is ...
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What is the locus defined by those equations?
I would like to know what is the locus of $x \in \Bbb R_+^n$ ($n=2$ would already be fine) defined by
$\sum a_i \cdot x_i$ s.t. $a_i+\epsilon \geq 0$, $\epsilon \in \Bbb R$.
I know that if $\...
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Is there any Menelaus-type theorem for polynomials?
Consider $n+3$ polynomials of degree $n$, say $P_1(x) , ... P_{n+3}(x)$.
In addition, consider that there are distinct (it is not necessary that all of them be distinct) numbers $x_{ij}$ for $1 \...
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Number of distinct directions in the set $\mathbb{Z}^2 \cap B(0,R)$
We say that non-zero directions $v, w \in \mathbb{R}^2$ are equivalent if they span the same line (i.e. $\exists C \in \mathbb{R}: v = Cw$.), and distinct otherwise. Given a collection $V \subset \...
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