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Interpolating points with minimum curvature constraint
I have $n$ points $p_i$ strictly interior to a rectangle $R$,
and I would like to connect them with a curve $C$ whose curvature is as low as possible.
Let $\kappa_\max(C)$ be the sharpest (largest ...
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A characterization of root systems via their intersections with halfspaces
In a recent preprint I obtained a nice characterization of root systems as a side product.
I can imagine that this was known before, and that a source for this statement can shorten the proof of my ...
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Coloring toroidal polyhedra with convex faces?
Consider a toroidal polyhedron, which is a topological torus, in which all faces are planar, two faces meet in at most an edge, and adjacent faces are not coplanar. The Szilassi polyhedron has 7 non-...
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distance distributions on a hypersphere?
Fix a real number $0\leq t\leq 1$ and an integer $n>1$. Let
$\mathbb{S}^{n-1}\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ denote the unit hypersphere. Define
$$d_N(n;t):=\max\sum_{i<j}\Vert P_i-P_j\Vert_2^t$$
where ...
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N-balls covering n-balls
This question is a follow-on question from:
Covering a unit ball with balls half the radius
The questions are these:
Given an arbitrary dimension d, and a unit n-ball in d-dimensional Euclidean ...
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Perimeters of nested convex spherical polygons
I seek a reference—not a proof—that if $P_1$ and $P_2$
are two convex polygons on a sphere composed of geodesic segments,
contained in a hemisphere, and
$P_1 \subseteq P_2$, then the ...
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Reference request: Carathéodory-type theorem for convex hulls of closed sets
I'm looking for a reference for the following theorem.
Theorem Let $X$ be a closed subset of $\mathbb{R}^N$, and let $a$ be a point of its convex hull $\operatorname{conv}(X)$. Then there exist ...
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Minkowski problem for polytopes: the origin of necessary condition
Minkowski's uniqueness theorem for polytopes concerns the specification of the shape of a polytope by the directions and measures of its facets.
Theorem (Minkowski). Let $A_i$ be positive faces areas ...
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Intersecting the unit n-cube and (n-1)-planes
(Is this a known problem?)
Question Let $\ 1<n\in\mathbb N.\ $ What is the greatest $(n-1)$-area
$\ S(n)\ $ of $\ L\cap I^n\ $ where $\ I^n\subseteq\mathbb R^n\ $ is the unit cube, and $\ L\ $ ...
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Computing Voronoi poles in $\mathbb{R}^d$ (the farthest points within each cell)
Say I have a Voronoi diagram of some points $p_1,\dots,p_n\in\mathbb{R}^d$, which tesselates $\mathbb{R}^d$ into cells $V_1,\dots,V_n$. Within each cell $V_i$, the pole is defined as the vertex of $...
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Do you know this formula for the scalar product in barycentric coordinates?
I've found a formula for a scalar product in barycentric coordinates which I think is pretty cool. I hope that it's new. Is it?
Suppose that you have points $x_1,\dots,x_n$ sitting in general position ...
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Can sufficiently symmetric polytopes be uniquely reconstructed from their 1-skeleton?
General convex polytopes can not be uniquely reconstructed from their 1-skeleton1, as explained here. Not even the dimension is known from the skeleton, as e.g. the complete graph $K_n,n\ge 5$ is the ...
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Covering number of the range of a function
I have come across the need to know a bound on a certain curious quantity: the covering number of the range of a continuous function $f: D \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$, where $D \subseteq \mathbb{R}^m$. ...
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Simple development of simple curve on a cone
Let $\Lambda$ be a cone with apex $a$ and apex angle $\alpha$. Draw a simple (non-self-intersecting)
curve $C=(x,y)$ on $\Lambda$, and then develop it to a curve
$\overline{C}$ on a plane by rolling $...
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