How to flatten a soccer ball

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-61943-9_9MaRDI QIDQ4626087zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kaie Kubjas, Pablo A. Parrilo, Bernd Sturmfels

Publication date 26 February 2019

Published in Homological and Computational Methods in Commutative Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.02253

zbMATH Keywords

cylindrical algebraic decompositionpolynomial mapsemialgebraic set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semialgebraic sets and related spaces (14P10) Computational aspects of algebraic surfaces (14Q10) Numerical aspects of computer graphics, image analysis, and computational geometry (65D18) Convex programming (90C25) Applications of mathematical programming (90C90)

Abstract: This is an experimental case study in real algebraic geometry, aimed at computing the image of a semialgebraic subset of 3-space under a polynomial map into the plane. For general instances, the boundary of the image is given by two highly singular curves. We determine these curves and show how they demarcate the "flattened soccer ball". We explore cylindrical algebraic decompositions, by working through concrete examples. Maps onto convex polygons and connections to convex optimization are also discussed.

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• Macaulay2

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