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We present the Matlab toolbox MacaulayLab, which implements numerical linear algebra algorithms for solving multivariate polynomial systems and rectangular multiparameter eigenvalue problems. Its structure and functionality are the result…

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We discuss an algorithm computing the push-forward to projective space of several classes associated to a (possibly singular, reducible, nonreduced) projective scheme. For example, the algorithm yields the topological Euler characteristic…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-04-10 Paolo Aluffi

Recent LLM-driven discoveries have renewed interest in geometric packing problems. In this paper, we study several classes of such packing problems through the lens of modern global nonlinear optimization. Starting from comparatively direct…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Timo Berthold , Dominik Kamp , Gioni Mexi , Sebastian Pokutta , Imre Polik

LAPACK and ScaLAPACK are arguably the defacto standard libraries among the scientific community for solving linear algebra problems on sequential, shared-memory and distributed-memory architectures. While ease of use was a major design goal…

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We study the linear extension complexity of stable set polytopes of perfect graphs. We make use of known structural results permitting to decompose perfect graphs into basic perfect graphs by means of two graph operations: 2-join and skew…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-20 Hao Hu , Monique Laurent

Dense particulate flow simulations using integral equation methods demand accurate evaluation of Stokes layer potentials on arbitrarily close interfaces. In this paper, we generalize techniques for close evaluation of Laplace double-layer…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-09 Alex H. Barnett , Bowei Wu , Shravan K. Veerapaneni

We present criteria for the Cohen-Macaulayness of a monomial ideal in terms of its primary decomposition. These criteria allow us to use tools of graph theory and of linear programming to study the Cohen-Macaulayness of monomial ideals…

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We introduce a package for doing tropical computations in Macaulay2. The package draws on the functionality of Gfan and Polymake while making the process as simple as possible for the end user. This provides a powerful and user friendly…

Shape completion is the problem of completing partial input shapes such as partial scans. This problem finds important applications in computer vision and robotics due to issues such as occlusion or sparsity in real-world data. However,…

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In this paper, we introduce techniques for producing normal square-free monomial ideals from old such ideals. These techniques are then used to investigate the normality of cover ideals under some graph operations. Square-free monomial…

We introduce the Macaulay2 package $\mathtt{LinearTruncations}$ for finding and studying the truncations of a multigraded module over a standard multigraded ring that have linear resolutions.

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2023-01-25 Lauren Cranton Heller , Navid Nemati

We analyze self-dual polyhedral cones and prove several properties about their slack matrices. In particular, we show that self-duality is equivalent to the existence of a positive semidefinite (PSD) slack. Beyond that, we show that if the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-20 João Gouveia , Bruno F. Lourenço

Topological Spatial Model Checking is a recent paradigm where model checking techniques are developed for the topological interpretation of Modal Logic. The Spatial Logic of Closure Spaces, SLCS, extends Modal Logic with reachability…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Nick Bezhanishvili , Vincenzo Ciancia , David Gabelaia , Gianluca Grilletti , Diego Latella , Mieke Massink

The package Binomials contains implementations of specialized algorithms for binomial ideals, including primary decomposition into binomial ideals. The current implementation works in characteristic zero. Primary decomposition is restricted…

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Topological integral transforms have found many applications in shape analysis, from prediction of clinical outcomes in brain cancer to analysis of barley seeds. Using Euler characteristic as a measure, these objects record rich geometric…

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This is a survey on tropical polytopes from the combinatorial point of view and with a focus on algorithms. Tropical convexity is interesting because it relates a number of combinatorial concepts including ordinary convexity, monomial…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-10-12 Michael Joswig

This note describes a \emph{Macaulay2} package for computations in prime characteristic commutative algebra. This includes Frobenius powers and roots, $p^{-e}$-linear and $p^{e}$-linear maps, singularities defined in terms of these maps,…

Ideals in the ring of power series in three variables can be classified based on algebra structures on their minimal free resolutions. The classification is incomplete in the sense that it remains open which algebra structures actually…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2024-09-26 Lars Winther Christensen , Orin Gotchey , Alexis Hardesty

A polytope is inscribable if there is a realization where all vertices lie on the sphere. In this paper, we provide a necessary and sufficient condition for a polytope to be inscribable. Based on this condition, we characterize the problem…

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Macaulay dual spaces provide a local description of an affine scheme and give rise to computational machinery that is compatible with the methods of numerical algebraic geometry. We introduce eliminating dual spaces, use them for computing…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2015-03-09 Robert Krone , Anton Leykin