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By definition, a rigid graph in $\mathbb{R}^d$ (or on a sphere) has a finite number of embeddings up to rigid motions for a given set of edge length constraints. These embeddings are related to the real solutions of an algebraic system.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-26 Evangelos Bartzos , Ioannis Z. Emiris , Raimundas Vidunas

We study the maximum $k$-set coverage problem in the following distributed setting. A collection of sets $S_1,\ldots,S_m$ over a universe $[n]$ is partitioned across $p$ machines and the goal is to find $k$ sets whose union covers the most…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-24 Sepehr Assadi , Sanjeev Khanna

For Gaussian random fields with values in $\mathbb{R}^d$, sharp upper and lower bounds on the probability of hitting a fixed set have been available for many years. These apply in particular to the solutions of systems of linear SPDEs. For…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Robert C. Dalang , David Nualart , Fei Pu

We use techniques from algebraic and extremal combinatorics to derive upper bounds on the number of independent sets in several (hyper)graphs arising from finite geometry. In this way, we obtain asymptotically sharp upper bounds for partial…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-09 Sam Mattheus , Geertrui Van de Voorde

In this paper we develop a new theory of infinitesimal harmonic deformations for compact hyperbolic 3-manifolds with ``tubular boundary''. In particular, this applies to complements of tubes of radius at least $R_0 = \arctanh(1/\sqrt{3})…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Craig D. Hodgson , Steven P. Kerckhoff

Bernstein problem for affine maximal type equation has been a core problem in affine geometry. A conjecture proposed firstly by Chern for entire graph and then extended by Trudinger-Wang to its fully generality asserts that any Euclidean…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-17 Shi-Zhong Du

The Illumination Problem may be phrased as the problem of covering a convex body in Euclidean $n$-space by a minimum number of translates of its interior. By a probabilistic argument, we show that, arbitrarily close to the Euclidean ball,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-02-24 Márton Naszódi

We prove multiple generalizations of Fan's combinatorial labeling result for sphere triangulations. This can be seen as a comprehensive extension of the Borsuk--Ulam theorem. In typical applications, the Borsuk--Ulam theorem gives…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Florian Frick , Zoe Wellner

Let a $R$-body be a closed set, complement of union of open balls of radius $R$ in the Euclidean space. Properties generalizing similar ones for convex sets are proved for the family of $R$-bodies; properties for the family of sets…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-25 Marco Longinetti , Paolo Manselli , Adriana Venturi

We show that in any $d$-dimensional real normed space, unit balls can be packed with density at least \[\frac{(1-o(1))d\log d}{2^{d+1}},\] improving a result of Schmidt from 1958 by a logarithmic factor and generalizing the recent result of…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Carl Schildkraut

In this article we investigate the $N$-point min-max and the max-min polarization problems on the sphere for a large class of potentials in $\mathbb{R}^n$. We derive universal lower and upper bounds on the polarization of spherical designs…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Peter Boyvalenkov , Peter Dragnev , Douglas Hardin , Edward Saff , Maya Stoyanova

The deformation theory of hyperbolic and Euclidean cone-manifolds with all cone angles less then 2{\pi} plays an important role in many problems in low dimensional topology and in the geometrization of 3-manifolds. Furthermore, various old…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Rafe Mazzeo , Gregoire Montcouquiol

We use computational experiments to find the rectangles of minimum area into which a given number n of non-overlapping congruent circles can be packed. No assumption is made on the shape of the rectangles. Most of the packings found have…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Boris D. Lubachevsky , Ronald Graham

A closed totally geodesic surface in the figure eight knot complement remains incompressible in all but finitely many Dehn fillings. In this paper, we show that there is no universal upper bound on the number of such fillings, independent…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Pradthana Jaipong

The geometry of closed surfaces equipped with a Euclidean metric with finitely many conical points of arbitrary angle is studied. The main result is that the set of closed geodesics is dense in the space of geodesics.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-12-11 Charalampos Charitos , Ioannis Papadoperakis , Georgios Tsapogas

A notorious problem in mathematics and physics is to create a solvable model for random sequential adsorption of non-overlapping congruent spheres in the $d$-dimensional Euclidean space with $d\geq 2$. Spheres arrive sequentially at…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-01-25 Souvik Dhara , Johan S. H. van Leeuwaarden , Debankur Mukherjee

Witsenhausen's problem asks for the maximum fraction $\alpha_n$ of the $n$-dimensional unit sphere that can be covered by a measurable set containing no pairs of orthogonal points. The best upper bounds for $\alpha_n$ are given by…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Bram Bekker , Olga Kuryatnikova , Fernando Mário de Oliveira Filho , Juan C. Vera

In this paper, we introduce and develop the circle embedding method. This method hinges essentially on a combinatorial-geometric structure which we choose to call circles of partition. We provide applications in the context of problems that…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Theophilus Agama , Berndt Gensel

In this paper, we show that the total area of two distinct surfaces with Gaussian curvature equal to 1, which are also conformal to the Euclidean unit disk with the same conformal factor on the boundary, must be at least 4{\pi}. In other…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-28 Changfeng Gui , Amir Moradifam

In this article a new upper bounds for the multiple trigonometrical integrals are found. The method of the work based on a new method of estimation for the areas of algebraic surfaces.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-03-15 Ilgar Sh. Jabbarov