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This paper studies the saddle point problem of polynomials. We give an algorithm for computing saddle points. It is based on solving Lasserre's hierarchy of semidefinite relaxations. Under some genericity assumptions on defining…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-10 Jiawang Nie , Zi Yang , Guangming Zhou

Sports analysis requires processing large amounts of data, which is time-consuming and costly. Advancements in neural networks have significantly alleviated this burden, enabling highly accurate ball tracking in sports broadcasts. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-26 Thomas Gossard , Andreas Ziegler , Andreas Zell

We recall the main types of lattice paths, which are sequences in the lattice of integer coordinates points in the plane. We start with the fundamental central lattice paths and Dyck paths and proceed in elementary terms through recently…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Rui Duarte , António Guedes de Oliveira

A variety of boundary value problems in linear transport theory are expressed as a diffusion equation of the two-way, or forward-backward, type. In such problems boundary data are specified only on part of the boundary, which introduces…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-02-18 Caleb G. Wagner , Richard Beals

We exhibit a class of classical or tropical posynomial systems which can be solved by reduction to linear or convex programming problems. This relies on a notion of colorful vectors with respect to a collection of Newton polytopes. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-15 Marianne Akian , Xavier Allamigeon , Marin Boyet , Stéphane Gaubert

In this paper we investigate the number of integer points lying in dilations of lattice path matroid polytopes. We give a characterization of such points as polygonal paths in the diagram of the lattice path matroid. Furthermore, we prove…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-10-26 Kolja Knauer , Leonardo Martínez-Sandoval , Jorge Luis Ramírez Alfonsín

In this short note we give incremental algorithms for the following lattice problems: finding a basis of a lattice, computing the successive minima, and determining the orthogonal decomposition. We prove an upper bound for the number of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Boris Hemkemeier , Frank Vallentin

A matroid is a machine capturing linearity of mathematical objects and producing combinatorial structures. Matroid structure arises everywhere since linearity is a ubiquitous concept. One natural way to obtain matroids is by considering…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-14 Jaeho Shin

We begin with a review of Tutte's homotopy theory, which concerns the structure of certain graph associated to a matroid (together with some extra data). Concretely, Tutte's path theorem asserts that this graph is connected, and his…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Matthew Baker , Tong Jin , Oliver Lorscheid

A lattice path in $\mathbb{Z}^d$ is a sequence $\nu_1,\nu_2,\ldots,\nu_k\in\mathbb{Z}^d$ such that the steps $\nu_i-\nu_{i-1}$ lie in a subset $\mathbf{S}$ of $\mathbb{Z}^d$ for all $i=2,\ldots,k$. Let $T_{m,n}$ be the $m\times n$ table in…

$q$-Matroids are defined on complemented modular support lattices. Minors of length 2 are of four types as in a "classical" matroid. Tutte polynomials $\tau(x,y)$ of matroids are calculated either by recursion over deletion/contraction of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-07-13 Guus Bollen , Henry Crapo , Relinde Jurrius

In this paper we consider a stochastic heavy-ball method for solving linear ill-posed inverse problems. With suitable choices of the step-sizes and the momentum coefficients, we establish the regularization property of the method under {\it…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-25 Qinian Jin , Yanjun Liu

The problems of enumerating lattice walks, with an arbitrary finite set of allowed steps, both in one and two dimensions, where one must always stay in the non-negative half-line and quarter-plane respectively, are used, as case studies, to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-17 Shalosh B. Ekhad , Doron Zeilberger

In this note we introduce a determinant and then give its evaluating formula. The determinant turns out to be a generalization of the well-known ballot and Fuss-Catalan numbers, which is believed to be new. The evaluating formula is proved…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-12-12 James J. Y. Zhao

We describe a technique for solving the combined collisionless Boltzmann and Poisson equations in a discretised, or lattice, phase space. The time and the positions and velocities of `particles' take on integer values, and the forces are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 D. Syer , S. Tremaine

This paper deals with the use of numerical methods based on random root sampling techniques to solve some theoretical problems arising in the analysis of polynomials. These methods are proved to be practical and give solutions where…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Yousra Gati , Vladimir Petrov Kostov , Mohamed Chaouki Tarchi

From the matrix point of view, we use the recursion to discuss four combinatorial numbers in terms of the integer lattice paths, this is different from Andr\'a's method (Andra). We give four tables and matrices, and their relations, and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-23 Jishe Feng

This paper concerns the lattice counting problem for the mapping class group of a surface $S$ acting on Teichm\"uller space with the Teichm\"uller metric. In that problem the goal is to count the number of mapping classes that send a given…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Spencer Dowdall , Howard Masur

We derive a path counting formula for two-dimensional lattice path model with filter restrictions in the presence of long steps, source and target points of which are situated near the filters. This solves a problem of finding an explicit…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-09 Dmitry Solovyev

The purpose of these notes is to introduce some of the problems the enumeration of lattice walks is dedicated to and familiarize with some of the arguments they can be addressed with. We discuss the enumeration of lattice walks, their…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Manfred Buchacher