Matrix Rings with Summand Intersection Property

A ring R has right SIP (SSP) if the intersection (sum) of two direct summands of R is also a direct summand. We show that the right SIP (SSP) is the Morita invariant property. We also prove that the trivial extension of R by M has SIP if and only if R has SIP and (1 – e)Me = 0 for every idempotent e in R. Moreover, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the generalized upper triangular matrix rings to have SIP.     

Homology and cohomology intersection numbers of GKZ systems

We describe the homology intersection form associated to regular holonomic GKZ systems in terms of the combinatorics of regular triangulations. Combining this result with the twisted period relation, we obtain a formula of cohomology intersection numbers in terms of a Laurent series. We show that the cohomology intersection number depends rationally on the parameters. We also prove a conjecture of F. Beukers and C. Verschoor on the signature of the monodromy invariant hermitian form.     

The intersection marker method for 3D interface tracking of deformable surfaces in finite volumes

Currently, the majority of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes use the finite volume method to spatially discretise the computational domain, sometimes as an array of cubic control volumes. The Finite volume method works well with single‐phase flow simulations, but two‐phase flow simulations are more challenging because of the need to track the surface interface traversing and deforming within the 3D grid. Surface area and volume fraction details of each interface cell must be accurately accounted for, in order to calculate for the momentum exchange and rates of heat and mass transfer across the interface. To attain a higher accuracy in two‐phase flow CFD calculations, the intersection marker (ISM) method is developed. The ISM method is a hybrid Lagrangian–Eulerian front‐tracking algorithm that can model an arbitrary 3D surface within an array of cubic control volumes. The ISM method has a cell‐by‐cell remeshing capability that is volume conservative and is suitable for the tracking of complex interface deformation in transient two‐phase CFD simulations. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An Intersection Theorem on an Unbounded Set and Its Application to the Fair Allocation Problem

We prove the following theorem. Let m and n be any positive integers with mn, and let be a subset of the n-dimensional Euclidean space ⁿ . For each i=1, . . . , m, there is a class of subsets M _i ^j of ^Tn . Assume that for each i=1, . . . , m, that M _i ^j is nonempty and closed for all i, j, and that there exists a real number B(i, j) such that and its jth component _{xjB(i, j)} imply . Then, there exists a partition of {1, . . . , n} such that for all i and We prove this theorem based upon a generalization of a well-known theorem of Birkhoff and von Neumann. Moreover, we apply this theorem to the fair allocation problem of indivisible objects with money and obtain an existence theorem.     

A characterization of quadrics by intersection numbers

This work is inspired by a paper of Hertel and Pott on maximum non-linear functions (Hertel and Pott, A characterization of a class of maximum non-linear functions. Preprint, 2006). Geometrically, these functions correspond with quasi-quadrics; objects introduced in De Clerck et al. (Australas J Combin 22:151–166, 2000). Hertel and Pott obtain a characterization of some binary quasi-quadrics in affine spaces by their intersection numbers with hyperplanes and spaces of codimension 2. We obtain a similar characterization for quadrics in projective spaces by intersection numbers with low-dimensional spaces. Ferri and Tallini (Rend Mat Appl 11(1): 15–21, 1991) characterized the non-singular quadric Q(4,q) by its intersection numbers with planes and solids. We prove a corollary of this theorem for Q(4,q) and then extend this corollary to all quadrics in PG(n,q),n ≥ 4. The only exceptions occur for q even, where we can have an oval or an ovoid as intersection with our point set in the non-singular part.      

Isomorphic properties of intersection bodies

We study isomorphic properties of two generalizations of intersection bodies - the class of k-intersection bodies in Rn and the class of generalized k-intersection bodies in Rn. In particular, we show that all convex bodies can be in a certain sense approximated by intersection bodies, namely, if K is any symmetric convex body in Rn and 1≤k≤n−1 then the outer volume ratio distance from K to the class can be estimated by

     

Laurent polynomials and Eulerian numbers

Duistermaat and van der Kallen show that there is no nontrivial complex Laurent polynomial all of whose powers have a zero constant term. Inspired by this, Sturmfels poses two questions: Do the constant terms of a generic Laurent polynomial form a regular sequence? If so, then what is the degree of the associated zero-dimensional ideal? In this note, we prove that the Eulerian numbers provide the answer to the second question. The proof involves reinterpreting the problem in terms of toric geometry.     

Local properties of intertwining operators on the sphere

Blaschke?s original question regarding the local determination of zonoids (or projection bodies) has been the subject of much research over the years. In recent times this research has been extended to include intersection bodies and it has been shown that neither zonoids nor intersection bodies have local characterizations. However, it has also been proved that both these classes of bodies admit equatorial characterizations in odd dimensions, but not in even dimensions. The proofs of these results were mostly analytic using properties of associated spherical integral transforms, the Cosine transform and the Radon transform.Here we elaborate a general principle, showing that such local or equatorial characterization problems are equivalent to corresponding support properties of the spherical operators. We discuss this within a general framework, for intertwining operators on C^∞-functions, and apply the results to further geometric constructions, namely to certain mean section bodies, to Lq-centroid bodies and to k-intersection bodies.