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Any solid object can be decomposed into a collection of convex polytopes (in short, convexes). When a small number of convexes are used, such a decomposition can be thought of as a piece-wise approximation of the geometry. This…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Boyang Deng , Kyle Genova , Soroosh Yazdani , Sofien Bouaziz , Geoffrey Hinton , Andrea Tagliasacchi

In this work, following the discrete de Rham (DDR) approach, we develop a discrete counterpart of a two-dimensional de Rham complex with enhanced regularity. The proposed construction supports general polygonal meshes and arbitrary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-10-28 Daniele A. Di Pietro

We study Christoffel and Darboux transforms of discrete isothermic nets in 4-dimensional Euclidean space: definitions and basic properties are derived. Analogies with the smooth case are discussed and a definition for discrete Ribaucour…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Udo Hertrich-Jeromin , Tim Hoffmann , Ulrich Pinkall

We consider the problem of minimizing a non-convex function over a smooth manifold $\mathcal{M}$. We propose a novel algorithm, the Orthogonal Directions Constrained Gradient Method (ODCGM) which only requires computing a projection onto a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-17 Sholom Schechtman , Daniil Tiapkin , Michael Muehlebach , Eric Moulines

Group based moving frames have a wide range of applications, from the classical equivalence problems in differential geometry to more modern applications such as computer vision. Here we describe what we call a discrete group based moving…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2012-12-24 Elizabeth Mansfield , Gloria Marí Beffa , Jing Ping Wang

Mathematical descriptions of flow phenomena usually come in the form of partial differential equations. The differential operators used in these equations may have properties such as symmetry, skew-symmetry, positive or negative…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-20 Bas van 't Hof , Mathea J. Vuik

Symmetry-preserving (mimetic) discretization aims to preserve certain properties of a continuous differential operator in its discrete counterpart. For these discretizations, stability and (discrete) conservation of mass, momentum and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-25 B. van 't Hof , M. J. Vuik

Discrete orthogonal matrices have several applications in information technology, such as in coding and cryptography. It is often challenging to generate discrete orthogonal matrices. A common approach widely in use is to discretize…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2021-08-26 Ka-Hou Chan , Wei Ke , Sio-Kei Im

Several versions of approximate conjugacy for minimal dynamical systems are introduced. Relation between approximate conjugacy and corresponding crossed product $C^*$-algebras is discussed. For the Cantor minimal systems, a complete…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Huaxin Lin , Hiroki Matui

We establish a connection between two previously unrelated topics: a particular discrete version of conformal geometry for triangulated surfaces, and the geometry of ideal polyhedra in hyperbolic three-space. Two triangulated surfaces are…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-09-02 Alexander Bobenko , Ulrich Pinkall , Boris Springborn

We present the local classification of singularities of smooth vector fields on the line, with respect to the equivalence relation of $C^1$--conjugacy. Along the way, we recall the analogous classification, up to $C^0$ and $C^{\infty}$…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-07-23 Stavros Anastassiou

Finite volume methods for problems involving second order operators with full diffusion matrix can be used thanks to the definition of a discrete gradient for piecewise constant functions on unstructured meshes satisfying an orthogonality…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Robert Eymard , Thierry Gallouët , Raphaèle Herbin

A discrete conformality for polyhedral metrics on surfaces is introduced in this paper which generalizes earlier work on the subject. It is shown that each polyhedral metric on a surface is discrete conformal to a constant curvature…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-09-18 Xianfeng Gu , Feng Luo , Jian Sun , Tianqi Wu

Rectangulations are decompositions of a square into finitely many axis-aligned rectangles. We describe realizations of $(n-1)$-dimensional polytopes associated with two combinatorial families of rectangulations composed of $n$ rectangles.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-30 Jean Cardinal , Vincent Pilaud

We propose a computation of curvature of arbitrary two-dimensional surfaces of three-dimensional objects, which is a contribution to discrete gravity with potential applications in network geometry. We begin by linking each point of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-07 Ali H. Chamseddine , Ola Malaeb , Sara Najem

An algebraic description of basic discrete symmetries (space inversion P, time reversal T, charge conjugation C and their combinations PT, CP, CT, CPT) is studied. Discrete subgroups {1,P,T,PT} of orthogonal groups of multidimensional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. V. Varlamov

We give an elaborated treatment of discrete isothermic surfaces and their analogs in different geometries (projective, M\"obius, Laguerre, Lie). We find the core of the theory to be a novel projective characterization of discrete isothermic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Alexander I. Bobenko , Yuri B. Suris

We describe classes of coordinate systems in Carnot-Carath\'eodory spaces of low smoothness which allow for homogeneous approximations of quasimetrics and basis vector fields. We establish the minimal smoothness required for these classes…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2017-05-29 S. G. Basalaev

In this paper, we introduce a family of discrete rectangular uniform distributions on the natural numbers-referred to as orthogonal dice-characterized by the property that their means equal their variances. These distributions arise…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Caleb Deen Bastian , Herschel Rabitz , Grzegorz A Rempala

In this paper, we use the language of noncommutative differential geometry to formalise discrete differential calculus. We begin with a brief review of inverse limit of posets as an approximation of topological spaces. We then show how to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-24 Damien Tageddine , Jean-Christophe Nave