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We study the parabolic variant of the Erd\H os--Falconer distance problem in finite fields. That is, if $q$ is odd, we seek size thresholds beyond which any subset $E\subset \mathbb F_q^2$ will determine many distinct parabolic distances.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Dao Nguyen Van Anh , Steven Senger , Dung The Tran , Le Anh Vinh

We study a finite-field analogue of the Erd\H{o}s distinct distances problem under the Hamming metric. For a set \(S\subseteq \mathbb{F}_q^n\) let $\Delta(S)$ denote the set of Hamming distances determined by \(S\). We prove the lower bound…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Nataly Brukhim , Ariel Bruner , Orit E. Raz

The Separating Hyperplane theorem is a fundamental result in Convex Geometry with myriad applications. Our first result, Random Separating Hyperplane Theorem (RSH), is a strengthening of this for polytopes. $\rsh$ asserts that if the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-24 Chiranjib Bhattacharyya , Ravindran Kannan , Amit Kumar

A central problem in discrete geometry, known as Hadwiger's covering problem, asks what the smallest natural number $N\left(n\right)$ is such that every convex body in ${\mathbb R}^{n}$ can be covered by a union of the interiors of at most…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2022-07-12 Han Huang , Boaz A. Slomka , Tomasz Tkocz , Beatrice-Helen Vritsiou

Pseudoline arrangements are fundamental objects in discrete and computational geometry, and different works have tackled the problem of improving the known bounds on the number of simple arrangements of $n$ pseudolines over the past…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Justin Dallant

We consider a finite fields version of the Erd\H{o}s-Falconer distance problem for two different sets. In a certain range for the sizes of the two sets we obtain results of the conjectured order of magnitude.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-11-26 Rainer Dietmann

Given two points in the plane, and a set of "obstacles" given as curves through the plane with assigned weights, we consider the point-separation problem, which asks for the minimum-weight subset of the obstacles separating the two points.…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Jack Spalding-Jamieson , Anurag Murty Naredla

Anomaly segmentation aims to identify Out-of-Distribution (OoD) anomalous objects within images. Existing pixel-wise methods typically assign anomaly scores individually and employ a global thresholding strategy to segment anomalies.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Yuxing Liu , Ji Zhang , Zhou Xuchuan , Jingzhong Xiao , Huimin Yang , Jiaxin Zhong

Outlier detection has received special attention in various fields, mainly for those dealing with machine learning and artificial intelligence. As strong outliers, anomalies are divided into the point, contextual and collective outliers.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-29 Rasoul Kiani , Amin Keshavarzi , Mahdi Bohlouli

The proper handling of 3D orientations is a central element in many optimization problems in engineering. Unfortunately many researchers and engineers struggle with the formulation of such problems and often fall back to suboptimal…

We prove a version of the Erd\H{o}s--Beck Theorem from discrete geometry for fractal sets in all dimensions. More precisely, let $X\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ Borel and $k \in [0, n-1]$ be an integer. Let $\dim (X \setminus H) = \dim X$ for every…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-06-17 Paige Bright , Caleb Marshall

We show that there exists an absolute positive constant $b (\geq \frac{1}{48})$ so that any set of $n$ points in $\mathbb{R}^d$ that is $d$-dimensional determines at least $bdn$ lines with pairwise distinct directions. As a consequence we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Noga Alon , Rom Pinchasi

The Heilbronn triangle problem asks for the placement of $n$ points in a unit square that maximizes the smallest area of a triangle formed by any three of those points. In $1972$, Schmidt considered a natural generalization of this problem.…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-05-22 Rishikesh Gajjala , Jayanth Ravi

By using random multilinear maps, we provide new lower bounds for the Erd\H{o}s box problem, the problem of estimating the extremal number of the complete $d$-partite $d$-uniform hypergraph with two vertices in each part, thereby improving…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-09-28 David Conlon , Cosmin Pohoata , Dmitriy Zakharov

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 complexity of geometric problems on spaces of low fractal dimension. It was recently shown by [Sidiropoulos & Sridhar, SoCG 2017] that several problems admit improved solutions when the input is a pointset in Euclidean space…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-12-14 Anastasios Sidiropoulos , Kritika Singhal , Vijay Sridhar

Since their introduction by Erd\H{o}s in 1950, covering systems (that is, finite collections of arithmetic progressions that cover the integers) have been extensively studied, and numerous questions and conjectures have been posed regarding…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-09 Paul Balister , Béla Bollobás , Robert Morris , Julian Sahasrabudhe , Marius Tiba

This paper introduces a novel anomaly detection (AD) problem aimed at identifying `odd-looking' objects within a scene by comparing them to other objects present. Unlike traditional AD benchmarks with fixed anomaly criteria, our task…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Ankan Bhunia , Changjian Li , Hakan Bilen

Given two points $p,q$ in the real plane, the signed area of the rectangle with the diagonal $[pq]$ equals the square of the Minkowski distance between the points $p,q$. We prove that $N>1$ points in the Minkowski plane $\R^{1,1}$ generate…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-03-18 Oliver Roche-Newton , Misha Rudnev

The Lagrange problem is established in the discrete field theory subject to constraints with values in a Lie group. For the admissible sections that satisfy a certain regularity condition, we prove that the critical sections of such…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-01-04 Pablo M. Chacón , Antonio Fernández , Pedro L. García