scholarly journals Calculus rules for combinations of ellipsoids and applications

1993 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Seeger

We derive formulas for the Minkowski sum, the convex hull, the intersection, and the inverse sum of a finite family of ellipsoids. We show how these formulas can be used to obtain inner and outer ellipsoidal approximations of a convex polytope.

1965 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 829-830
Author(s):  
A. S. Glass

In this note we wish to present an alternative proof for the following well-known theorem [1, Theorem 16]: every convex polytope X in Euclidean n-dimensional space Rn is the intersection of a finite family of closed half-spaces. It will be supposed that the converse of this theorem has been verified by conventional arguments, namely: every bounded intersection of a finite family of closed half-spaces in Rn is a convex polytope [cf. 1, Theorem 15].


1984 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 753-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Buchta ◽  
J. Müller

The convex hull of n random points chosen independently and uniformly from a d-dimensional ball is a convex polytope. Its expected surface area, its expected mean width and its expected number of facets are explicitly determined.


10.37236/319 ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sen-Peng Eu ◽  
Tung-Shan Fu ◽  
Yeh-Jong Pan

A cyclic polytope of dimension $d$ with $n$ vertices is a convex polytope combinatorially equivalent to the convex hull of $n$ distinct points on a moment curve in ${\Bbb R}^d$. In this paper, we prove the cyclic sieving phenomenon, introduced by Reiner-Stanton-White, for faces of an even-dimensional cyclic polytope, under a group action that cyclically translates the vertices. For odd-dimensional cyclic polytopes, we enumerate the faces that are invariant under an automorphism that reverses the order of the vertices and an automorphism that interchanges the two end vertices, according to the order on the curve. In particular, for $n=d+2$, we give instances of the phenomenon under the groups that cyclically translate the odd-positioned and even-positioned vertices, respectively.


2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayuki Hibi ◽  
Kazunori Matsuda ◽  
Akiyoshi Tsuchiya

The order polytope $\mathcal {O}(P)$ and the chain polytope $\mathcal {C}(P)$ associated to a partially ordered set $P$ are studied. In this paper, we introduce the convex polytope $\Gamma (\mathcal {O}(P), -\mathcal {C}(Q))$ which is the convex hull of $\mathcal {O}(P) \cup (-\mathcal {C}(Q))$, where both $P$ and $Q$ are partially ordered sets with $|P|=|Q|=d$. It will be shown that $\Gamma (\mathcal {O}(P), -\mathcal {C}(Q))$ is a normal and Gorenstein Fano polytope by using the theory of reverse lexicographic squarefree initial ideals of toric ideals.


2011 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AO,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Pilaud ◽  
Francisco Santos

International audience The associahedron is a polytope whose graph is the graph of flips on triangulations of a convex polygon. Pseudotriangulations and multitriangulations generalize triangulations in two different ways, which have been unified by Pilaud and Pocchiola in their study of pseudoline arrangements with contacts supported by a given network. In this paper, we construct the "brick polytope'' of a network, obtained as the convex hull of the "brick vectors'' associated to each pseudoline arrangement supported by the network. We characterize its vertices, describe its faces, and decompose it as a Minkowski sum of simpler polytopes. Our brick polytopes include Hohlweg and Lange's many realizations of the associahedron, which arise as brick polytopes of certain well-chosen networks. L'associaèdre est un polytope dont le graphe est le graphe des flips sur les triangulations d'un polygone convexe. Les pseudotriangulations et les multitriangulations généralisent les triangulations dans deux directions différentes, qui ont été unifiées par Pilaud et Pocchiola au travers de leur étude des arrangements de pseudodroites avec contacts couvrant un support donné. Nous construisons ici le "polytope de briques'' d'un support, obtenu comme l'enveloppe convexe des "vecteurs de briques'' associés à chaque arrangement de pseudodroites couvrant ce support. Nous caractérisons les sommets de ce polytope, décrivons ses faces et le décomposons en somme de Minkowski de polytopes élémentaires. Notre construction contient toutes les réalisations de l'associaèdre d'Hohlweg et Lange, qui apparaissent comme polytopes de briques de certains supports bien choisis.


1984 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 753-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Buchta ◽  
J. Müller

The convex hull of n random points chosen independently and uniformly from a d-dimensional ball is a convex polytope. Its expected surface area, its expected mean width and its expected number of facets are explicitly determined.


1989 ◽  
Vol 136 (6) ◽  
pp. 530
Author(s):  
G.R. Wilson ◽  
B.G. Batchelor
Keyword(s):  

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 761
Author(s):  
Xiao Lin ◽  
Zuxiang Liu ◽  
Xiaomei Zheng ◽  
Jifeng Huang ◽  
Lizhuang Ma

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