VOCAL 2024
Abstract Submission

96. Homogeneous convex polyhedra with one unstable equilibrium have at least 7 vertices

Invited abstract in session TB-3: Topics in nonlinear programming, stream contributed papers.

Thursday, 10:00 - 11:30
Room: C 104

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Sándor Bozóki
SZTAKI
2. David Papp
Mathematics, North Carolina State University
3. Krisztina Regős
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
4. Gábor Domokos
Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Abstract

The minimal number of vertices of a mono-unstable convex homogenous polyhedron is a challenging open problem. There exists a mono-unstable polyhedra with 18 vertices but it is conjectured non-minimal.
Tetrahedra are never mono-unstable. We improve the lower bound from 5 to 7, i.e., the number of vertices of any mono-unstable, convex homogenous polyhedron is at least 7.

Necessary conditions, in the form of multivariate polynomial inequalities,
for the existence of mono-unstable convex homogenous polyhedron, are developed. The infeasibility of such systems is proved by semidefinite optimization. The result can be verified independently with the supplemented certificates.




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Status: accepted


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