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In this article we prove in main Theorem A that any infinity type real hyperplane arrangement $\mathcal{H}_n^m$ (Definition 2.11) with the associated normal system $\mathcal{N}$ (Definitions [2.2,2.4] can be represented isomorphically…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-21 C. P. Anil Kumar

We extend to arbitrary finite $n$ the notion of immobilization of a convex body $O$ in $R^n$ by a finite set of points $P$ in the boundary of $O$. Because of its importance for this problem, necessary and sufficient conditions are found for…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-10-29 Anthony David Gilbert , Saul Hannington Nsubuga

In this paper, we investigate optimal (partial) transport problems for which the target is a non-convex polygonal domain in \(\mathbb{R}^2\). For the complete optimal transport problem, we prove that the singular set is locally a smooth…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Shibing Chen , Yuanyuan Li , Jiakun Liu

We discuss how well a given convex body B in a real d-dimensional vector space V can be approximated by a set X for which the membership question: ``given an x in V, does x belong to X?'' can be answered efficiently (in time polynomial in…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alexander Barvinok , Ellen Veomett

Functional lifting methods provide a tool for approximating solutions of difficult non-convex problems by embedding them into a larger space. In this work, we investigate a mathematically rigorous formulation based on embedding into the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-07 Thomas Vogt , Roland Haase , Danielle Bednarski , Jan Lellmann

On a flat plane, convexity of a set is preserved by both radial expansion and contraction of the set about any point inside it. Using the Poincar\'e disk model of hyperbolic geometry, we prove that radial expansion of a hyperbolic convex…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-02-13 Dhruv Kohli , Jeffrey M. Rabin

In recent years, the use of entropy-regularized optimal transport with $L^p$-type entropies has become increasingly popular. In this setting, the solutions are sparse, in the sense that the support of the regularized optimal coupling,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-20 Alberto González-Sanz , Rishabh S. Gvalani , Lukas Koch

A convexity point of a convex body is a point with the property that the union of the body and its reflection in the point is convex. It is proved that in the plane a typical convex body (in the sense of Baire category) has infinitely many…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-12 Rolf Schneider

We show that a class of Poincar\'e-Wirtinger inequalities on bounded convex sets can be obtained by means of the dynamical formulation of Optimal Transport. This is a consequence of a more general result valid for convex sets, possibly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-05 Lorenzo Brasco , Filippo Santambrogio

The concept of separation by hyperplanes is fundamental for convex geometry and its tropical (max-plus) analogue. However, analogous separation results in max-min convex geometry are based on semispaces. This paper answers the question…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2014-01-16 Viorel Nitica , Sergei Sergeev

We study the regularity of solutions to an optimal transportation problem where the dimension of the source is larger than that of the target. We demonstrate that if the target is $c$-convex, then the source has a canonical foliation whose…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-08-27 Brendan Pass

We investigate the properties of convex functions in the plane that satisfy a local inequality which generalizes the notion of sub-solution of Monge-Ampere equation for a Monge-Kantorovich problem with quadratic cost between non-absolutely…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-08 P. -E. Jabin , A. Mellet , M. Molina

Consider a point on a convex surface in $\mathbb{R}^d$, $d \ge 2$ and a plane of support $\Pi$ to the surface at this point. Draw a plane parallel to $\Pi$ cutting a part of the surface. We study the limiting behavior of this part of…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Alexander Plakhov

We discuss connections between certain well-known open problems related to the uniform measure on a high-dimensional convex body. In particular, we show that the "thin shell conjecture" implies the "hyperplane conjecture". This extends a…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2010-01-07 Ronen Eldan , Bo'az Klartag

We construct homogeneous optimal transport maps for the quadratic cost between convex cones with homogeneous, possibly degenerate, densities when the cones satisfy an obliqueness condition. The existence of such maps plays a central role in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Tristan C. Collins , Benjy Firester , Freid Tong

We introduce a conjecture that we call the {\it Two Hyperplane Conjecture}, saying that an isoperimetric surface that divides a convex body in half by volume is trapped between parallel hyperplanes. The conjecture is motivated by an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-04 David Jerison

Necessary and sufficient conditions for convexity and strong convexity, respectively, of sublevel sets that are defined by finitely many real-valued $C^{1,1}$-maps are presented. A novel characterization of strongly convex sets in terms of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-03 Alexander Weber , Gunther Reissig

We consider the control problem where, given an orthonormal tangent frame in the hyperbolic plane or three dimensional hyperbolic space, one is allowed to transport the frame a fixed distance $r > 0$ along the geodesic in direction of the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-09-08 Ernesto Garcia , Pablo Lessa

In this paper we consider Monge-Amp\`ere equations on compact Hessian manifolds, or equivalently Monge-Amp\`ere equations on certain unbounded convex domains $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$, with a periodicity constraint given by the action…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-12 Jakob Hultgren , Magnus Önnheim

In its most general form, the optimal transport problem is an infinite-dimensional optimization problem, yet certain notable instances admit closed-form solutions. We identify the common source of this tractability as \textit{symmetry} and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Bahar Taskesen