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In this paper we discuss some affine properties of convex equal-area polygons, which are convex polygons such that all triangles formed by three consecutive vertices have the same area. Besides being able to approximate closed convex smooth…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Marcos Craizer , Ralph C. Teixeira , Moacyr A. H. B. da Silva

The curvature estimates of quotient curvature equation do not always exist even for convex setting \cite{GRW}. Thus it is natural question to find other type of elliptic equations possessing curvature estimates. In this paper, we discuss…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-30 Chunhe Li , Changyu Ren , Zhizhang Wang

In this review paper we present a stable Lagrangian numerical method for computing plane curves evolution driven by the fourth order geometric equation. The numerical scheme and computational examples are presented.

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-05-12 Karol Mikula , Daniel Sevcovic

In [7], a notion of constant scalar curvature metrics on piecewise flat manifolds is defined. Such metrics are candidates for canonical metrics on discrete manifolds. In this paper, we define a class of vertex transitive metrics on certain…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-09-17 Daniel Champion , Andrew Marchese , Jacob Miller , Andrea Young

We prove that if the associated fourth order tensor of a quadratic form has a linear elastic cubic symmetry then it is quasiconvex if and only if it is polyconvex, i.e. a sum of convex and null-Lagrangian quadratic forms. We prove that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-26 Davit Harutyunyan , Graeme Walter Milton

This study examines the formulation of a singularity theorem for timelike curves including torsion, and establishes the foundational framework necessary for its derivation. We begin by deriving the relative acceleration for an arbitrary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-30 Armin van de Venn , Ujjwal Agarwal , David Vasak

This work is motivated by two problems: 1) The approach of manifolds and spaces by triangulations. 2) The complexity growth in sequences of polyhedra. Considering both problems as related, new criteria and methods for approximating smooth…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-05-22 Daniel J. Pons

Near a singular point of a surface or a curve, geometric invariants diverge in general, and the orders of diverge, in particular the boundedness about these invariants represent geometry of the surface and the curve. In this paper, we study…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-10-14 Luciana F. Martins , Kentaro Saji , Samuel P. dos Santos , Keisuke Teramoto

We present novel fully-symmetric quadrature rules with positive weights and strictly interior nodes of degrees up to 84 on triangles and 40 on tetrahedra. Initial guesses for solving the nonlinear systems of equations needed to derive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Zelalem Arega Worku , Jason E. Hicken , David W. Zingg

We consider the class of curves of finite total curvature, as introduced by Milnor. This is a natural class for variational problems and geometric knot theory, and since it includes both smooth and polygonal curves, its study shows us…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-10-24 John M Sullivan

It is well known that the area $U$ of the triangle formed by three tangents to a parabola $X$ is half of the area $T$ of the triangle formed by joining their points of contact. In this article, we study some properties of $U$ and $T$ for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-01-21 Dong-Soo Kim , Kyu-Chul Shim

We give an elementary introduction to some recent polyhedral techniques for understanding and solving systems of multivariate polynomial equations. We provide numerous concrete examples and illustrations, and assume no background in…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-20 J. Maurice Rojas

We establish a curvature estimate for classical minimal surfaces with total boundary curvature less than 4\pi. The main application is a bound on the genus of these surfaces depending solely on the geometry of the boundary curve. We also…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-12-11 Giuseppe Tinaglia

We study smooth tropical plane quartic curves and show that they satisfy certain properties analogous to (but also different from) smooth plane quartics in algebraic geometry. For example, we show that every such curve admits either…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-05-25 Matt Baker , Yoav Len , Ralph Morrison , Nathan Pflueger , Qingchun Ren

New expansionary and rotational quadratic forms are constructed for $E^n$-endomorphisms. Relations amongst the various eigenvalues, eigendirections and matrix invariants are established, including propositions on complexity and geometric…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2023-07-17 Geoff Prince

The paper concerns discrete versions of the three well-known results of projective differential geometry: the four vertex theorem, the six affine vertex theorem and the Ghys theorem on four zeroes of the Schwarzian derivative. We study…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 V. Ovsienko , S. Tabachnikov

We survey some results on scalar curvature and properties of solutions to the Einstein constraint equations. Topics include an extended discussion of asymptotically flat solutions to the constraint equations, including recent results on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-02-25 Justin Corvino , Daniel Pollack

Planar linkages are a rich area of study motivated by practical applications in engineering mechanisms. A central result is Kempe's Universality Theorem, which states that semi-algebraic sets can be realized by planar linkages. Polyhedral…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-02-25 Robert Miranda

Given a smooth curve $\gamma$ in some $m$-dimensional surface $M$ in $\mathbb{R}^{m+1}$, we study existence and uniqueness of a flat surface $H$ having the same field of normal vectors as $M$ along $\gamma$, which we call a flat…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-11 Irina Markina , Matteo Raffaelli