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We construct non-constructible simplicial $d$-spheres with $d+10$ vertices and non-constructible, non-realizable simplicial $d$-balls with $d+9$ vertices for $d\geq 3$.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Frank H. Lutz

We establish the existence of simple designs with parameters $2$-$(55,10,4)$, $3$-$(20,5,4)$, $3$-$(21,7,30)$, $4$-$(15,5,2)$, $4$-$(16,8,45)$, $5$-$(16,7,10)$, and $5$-$(17,8,40)$, which have previously been unknown. For the corresponding…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-24 Vedran Krčadinac

For a d-dimensional polyhedral complex P, the dimension of the space of piecewise polynomial functions (splines) on P of smoothness r and degree k is given, for k sufficiently large, by a polynomial f(P,r,k) of degree d. When d=2 and P is…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2015-02-03 T. McDonald , H. Schenck

A celebrated result of Beck shows that for any set of $N$ points on $\mathbb{S}^d$ there always exists a spherical cap $B \subset \mathbb{S}^d$ such that number of points in the cap deviates from the expected value $\sigma(B) \cdot N$ by at…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-09-13 Dmitriy Bilyk , Michelle Mastrianni , Stefan Steinerberger

Ehler and Gr\"{o}chenig posed the question of finding $t$-design curves $\gamma_t$$\unicode{x2013}$curves whose associated line integrals exactly average all degree at most $t$ polynomials$\unicode{x2013}$on $S^d$ of asymptotically optimal…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Ayodeji Lindblad

In this paper we report on massive computer experiments aimed at finding spherical point configurations that minimize potential energy. We present experimental evidence for two new universal optima (consisting of 40 points in 10 dimensions…

``Rubber'' coated rolling bodies satisfy a no-twist in addition to the no slip satisfied by ``marble'' coated bodies. Rubber rolling has an interesting differential geometric appeal because the geodesic curvatures of the curves on the…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Jair Koiller , Kurt M. Ehlers

Given a set $S$ consisting of $n$ points in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and one or two vantage points, we study the number of orderings of $S$ induced by measuring the distance (for one vantage point) or the average distance (for two vantage points)…

Pogorelov proved in 1949 that every every convex polyhedron has at least three simple closed quasigeodesics. Whereas a geodesic has exactly pi surface angle to either side at each point, a quasigeodesic has at most pi surface angle to…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2022-03-10 Joseph O'Rourke , Costin Vilcu

Given a sphere of any radius $r$ in an $n$-dimensional Euclidean space, we study the coverings of this sphere with solid spheres of radius one. Our goal is to design a covering of the lowest covering density, which defines the average…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-22 Ilya Dumer

In a recent article, Alishahi and Zamani discuss the spherical ensemble, a rotationally invariant determinantal point process on the 2-sphere. In this paper we extend this process in a natural way to the 2d-dimensional sphere. We prove that…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-06-28 Carlos Beltrán , Ujué Etayo

We study the smallest possible number of points in a topological space having k open sets. Equivalently, this is the smallest possible number of elements in a poset having k order ideals. Using efficient algorithms for constructing a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-05-20 Kari Ragnarsson , Bridget Eileen Tenner

This short contribution presents a method for generating $N$-point spherical configurations with low mesh ratios. The method extends Caspar-Klug icosahedral point-grids to non-icosahedral nets through the use of planar barycentric…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-07-26 Brian Hamilton

The main aim of this paper is to recall the notion of the Gelfand-Tsetlin bases (GT bases for short) and to use it for an explicit construction of orthogonal bases for the spaces of spherical monogenics (i.e., homogeneous solutions of the…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2010-10-12 S. Bock , K. Guerlebeck , R. Lavicka , V. Soucek

This expository paper provides a unified and pedagogical introduction to optimal quantization for probability measures supported on spherical curves and discrete subsets of the sphere, emphasizing both continuous and discrete settings. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-25 Mrinal Kanti Roychowdhury

This article provides an overview of the techniques related to classification of spherical and more general objects within triangulated categories, and its relationship with algebraic geometry, representation theory and symplectic geometry.…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Wahei Hara , Michael Wemyss

Uniform measures have played a fundamental role in geometric measure theory since they naturally appear as tangent objects. For instance, they were essential in the groundbreaking work of Preiss on the rectifiability of Radon measures.…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-03-26 A. Dali Nimer

Delsarte, Goethals, and Seidel (1977) used the linear programming method in order to find bounds for the size of spherical codes endowed with prescribed inner products between distinct points in the code. In this paper, we develop the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-07-16 Hiroshi Nozaki

This is the fifth in a series of papers giving a proof of the Kepler conjecture, which asserts that the density of a packing of congruent spheres in three dimensions is never greater than $\pi/\sqrt{18}\approx 0.74048...$. This is the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Thomas C. Hales

The reductivity of a spherical curve is the minimal number of a local transformation called an inverse-half-twisted splice required to obtain a reducible spherical curve from the spherical curve. It is unknown if there exists a spherical…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-10-12 Kenji Kashiwabara , Ayaka Shimizu