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Semi-monotone sets

Logic 2011-07-20 v2 Algebraic Geometry Geometric Topology

Abstract

A coordinate cone in R^n is an intersection of some coordinate hyperplanes and open coordinate half-spaces. A semi-monotone set is a defnable in an o-minimal structure over the reals, open bounded subset of R^n such that its intersection with any translation of any coordinate cone is connected. This can be viewed as a generalization of the convexity property. Semi-monotone sets have a number of interesting geometric and combinatorial properties. The main result of the paper is that every semi-monotone set is a topological regular cell.

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@article{arxiv.1004.5047,
  title  = {Semi-monotone sets},
  author = {Saugata Basu and Andrei Gabrielov and Nicolai Vorobjov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.5047},
  year   = {2011}
}

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