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Let $Y\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be a closed definable subset and $X\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be a smooth manifold. We construct a version of Morse theory for the restriction to $X$ of the Euclidean distance function from $Y$. This is done using…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Andrea Guidolin , Antonio Lerario , Isaac Ren , Martina Scolamiero

This paper studies the straight skeleton of polyhedra in three dimensions. We first address voxel-based polyhedra (polycubes), formed as the union of a collection of cubical (axis-aligned) voxels. We analyze the ways in which the skeleton…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2008-05-02 Gill Barequet , David Eppstein , Michael T. Goodrich , Amir Vaxman

This paper presents a study of generalized polyhedral convexity under basic operations on multifunctions. We address the preservation of generalized polyhedral convexity under sums and compositions of multifunctions, the domains and ranges…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-19 Nguyen Ngoc Luan , Nguyen Mau Nam , Nguyen Dong Yen

The study of the combinatorial diameter of a polyhedron is a classical topic in linear-programming theory due to its close connection with the possibility of a polynomial simplex-method pivot rule. The 2-sum operation is a classical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-27 Steffen Borgwardt , Weston Grewe , Jon Lee

We introduce a notion of Morse shellings (and tilings) on finite simplicial complexes which extends the classical one and its relation to discrete Morse theory.Skeletons and barycentric subdivisions of Morse shellable (or tileable)…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-01-25 Nermin Salepci , Jean-Yves Welschinger

The article deals with operations defined on convex polyhedra or polyhedral convex functions. Given two convex polyhedra, operations like Minkowski sum, intersection and closed convex hull of the union are considered. Basic operations for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-17 Daniel Ciripoi , Andreas Löhne , Benjamin Weißing

Recent literature has shown that symbolic data, such as text and graphs, is often better represented by points on a curved manifold, rather than in Euclidean space. However, geometrical operations on manifolds are generally more complicated…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-02-06 Max Aalto , Nakul Verma

On a smooth manifold, we associate to any closed differential form a mapping cone complex. The cohomology of this mapping cone complex can vary with the de Rham cohomology class of the closed form. We present a novel Morse theoretical…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-06-21 David Clausen , Xiang Tang , Li-Sheng Tseng

We show that the minimum distance projection in the L1-norm from an interior point onto the boundary of a convex set is achieved by a single, unidimensional projection. Application of this characterization when the convex set is a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hans J. H. Tuenter

We investigate metric projections and distance functions referring to convex bodies in finite-dimensional normed spaces. For this purpose we identify the vector space with its dual space by using, instead of the usual identification via the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-26 Vitor Balestro , Horst Martini , Ralph Teixeira

We study classes of convex functions on balanced polyhedral spaces and establish various structural properties, including a compactness theorem for polyhedrally plurisubharmonic functions. Using tropical intersection theory, we construct…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Ana María Botero , Enrica Mazzon , Léonard Pille-Schneider

The present paper mainly presents, for example, explicit classifications of compact smooth manifolds having non-empty boundaries and simple structures where the dimensions are general. Studies of this type is fundamental and important. They…

General Topology · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Naoki Kitazawa

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

The Morse-Smale complex of a function $f$ decomposes the sample space into cells where $f$ is increasing or decreasing. When applied to nonparametric density estimation and regression, it provides a way to represent, visualize, and compare…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2017-04-05 Yen-Chi Chen , Christopher R. Genovese , Larry Wasserman

We state that any constant curvature Riemannian metric with conical singularities of constant sign curvature on a compact (orientable) surface $S$ can be realized as a convex polyhedron in a Riemannian or Lorentzian) space-form. Moreover…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-11-16 François Fillastre

There are several notions of a smooth map from a convex set to a cartesian space. Some of these notions coincide, but not all of them do. We construct a real-valued function on a convex subset of the plane that does not extend to a smooth…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-02-15 Yael Karshon , Jordan Watts

In the present paper, we propose a novel generalization of the celebrated MMP algorithm in order to find the wavefront propagation and the cut-locus on a convex polyhedron with an emphasis on actual implementation for instantaneous…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Kazuma Tateiri , Toru Ohmoto

The Euclidean projection onto a convex set is an important problem that arises in numerous constrained optimization tasks. Unfortunately, in many cases, computing projections is computationally demanding. In this work, we focus on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-22 Ilnura Usmanova , Maryam Kamgarpour , Andreas Krause , Kfir Yehuda Levy

The medial axis of a smoothly embedded surface in $\mathbb{R}^3$ consists of all points for which the Euclidean distance function on the surface has at least two minima. We generalize this notion to the mid-sphere axis, which consists of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Herbert Edelsbrunner , Elizabeth Stephenson , Martin Hafskjold Thoresen

A special generic map is a smooth map regarded as a natural generalization of Morse functions with just 2 singular points on homotopy spheres. Canonical projections of unit spheres are simplest examples of such maps and manifolds admitting…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-11-30 Naoki Kitazawa