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We study the class of Lorentzian polynomials. The class contains homogeneous stable polynomials as well as volume polynomials of convex bodies and projective varieties. We prove that the Hessian of a nonzero Lorentzian polynomial has…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-07-18 Petter Brändén , June Huh

Lorentzian polynomials are a fascinating class of real polynomials with many applications. Their definition is specific to the nonnegative orthant. Following recent work, we examine Lorentzian polynomials on proper convex cones. For a…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-22 Grigoriy Blekherman , Papri Dey

We explore the applications of Lorentzian polynomials to the fields of algebraic geometry, analytic geometry and convex geometry. In particular, we establish a series of intersection theoretic inequalities, which we call rKT property, with…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-05-24 Jiajun Hu , Jian Xiao

We prove that Schur classes of nef vector bundles are limits of classes that have a property analogous to the Hodge-Riemann bilinear relations. We give a number of applications, including (1) new log-concavity statements about…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-06-22 Julius Ross , Matei Toma

Real-stable, Lorentzian, and log-concave polynomials are well-studied classes of polynomials, and have been powerful tools in resolving several conjectures. We show that the problems of deciding whether a polynomial of fixed degree is real…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-24 Tracy Chin

We show that Schur classes of ample vector bundles on smooth projective varieties satisfy Hodge-Riemann relations on $H^{p,q}$ under the assumption that $H^{p-2,q-2}$ vanishes. More generally, we study Hodge-Riemann polynomials, which are…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Qing Lu , Weizhe Zheng

In 2022, Huh-Matherne-M\'esz\'aros-St. Dizier showed that normalized Schur polynomials are Lorentzian, thereby yielding their continuous (resp. discrete) log-concavity on the positive orthant (resp. on their support, in type $A$ root…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Apoorva Khare , Jacob P. Matherne , Avery St. Dizier

Lorentzian polynomials, recently introduced by Br\"and\'en and Huh, generalize the notion of log-concavity of sequences to homogeneous polynomials whose supports are integer points of generalized permutahedra. Br\"and\'en and Huh show that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-05 Karola Mészáros , Linus Setiabrata

Given n convex bodies in the real space of dimension d, we consider the set of homogeneous polynomials of degree d in n variables that can be represented as their volume polynomial. This set is a subset of the set of Lorentzian polynomials.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Amelie Menges

In this paper, we showed that the adjoint polynomial of a polyhedral cone equals the multidegree polynomial of the toric ideal with multigrading, both given by the vertex rays. This fact implies a conjecture of Aluffi, to the effect that…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Guanxi Li

Inspired by the theory of hyperbolic polynomials and Hodge theory, we develop the theory of Lorentzian polynomials on cones. This notion captures the Hodge-Riemann relations of degree zero and one. Motivated by fundamental properties of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Petter Brändén , Jonathan Leake

Lorentzian and completely log-concave polynomials have recently emerged as a unifying framework for negative dependence, log-concavity, and convexity in combinatorics and probability. We extend this theory to variational analysis and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Papri Dey

We introduce the notion of interlacing log-concavity of a polynomial sequence $\{P_m(x)\}_{m\geq 0}$, where $P_m(x)$ is a polynomial of degree m with positive coefficients $a_{i}(m)$. This sequence of polynomials is said to be interlacing…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-08-03 William Y. C. Chen , Larry X. W. Wang , Ernest X. W. Xia

We study the equivariant cohomology classes of torus-equivariant subvarieties of the space of matrices. For a large class of torus actions, we prove that the polynomials representing these classes (up to suitably changing signs) are…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-12-06 Yairon Cid-Ruiz , Yupeng Li , Jacob P. Matherne

We give a short proof of the log-concavity of the coefficients of the reduced characteristic polynomial of a matroid. The proof uses an extension of the theory of Lorentzian polynomials to convex cones, and reproves the Hodge-Riemann…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-10-12 Petter Brändén , Jonathan Leake

We provide a specific representation of convex polynomials nonnegative on a convex (not necessarily compact) basic closed semi-algebraic subset K of Rn. Namely, they belong to a specific subset of the quadratic module generated by the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2008-07-09 Jean B. Lasserre

The choice of a homogeneous ideal in a polynomial ring defines a closed subscheme $Z$ in a projective space as well as an infinite sequence of cones over $Z$ in progressively higher dimension projective spaces. Recent work of Aluffi…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-10 Grayson Jorgenson

The theory of log concave polynomials has recently been developed to study objects and problems in combinatorics and other subfields in mathematics. Particular classes of log concave polynomials called Lorentzian polynomials and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Jonathan Leake , Maryam Mohammadi Yekta

We show that normalized Schur polynomials are strongly log-concave. As a consequence, we obtain Okounkov's log-concavity conjecture for Littlewood-Richardson coefficients in the special case of Kostka numbers.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-27 June Huh , Jacob P. Matherne , Karola Mészáros , Avery St. Dizier

We give explicit polynomial-sized (in $n$ and $k$) semidefinite representations of the hyperbolicity cones associated with the elementary symmetric polynomials of degree $k$ in $n$ variables. These convex cones form a family of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-17 James Saunderson , Pablo A. Parrilo
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