Generic ED and GD degree formulas for surfaces and threefolds in
Generic ED and GD degree formulas for surfaces and threefolds in
Let a surface in be defined by generic polynomials of degrees , and let a threefold in be defined by a generic polynomial of degree . The ED degree and GD degree refer respectively to the Euclidean-distance and Grassmannian-distance optimization problems. Generic degree conjecture. The GD degree of the surface is
which is less than its ED degree. The threefold has ED degree and GD degree . These formulas are stated as conjectural in the supplied span, while nearby results prove related ED-degree formulas.
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Primary source
Hannah Friedman, Andrea Rosana and Bernd Sturmfels, “Distance Optimization in the Grassmannian of Lines”, arXiv:2601.22843 (2026).
Additional references
4 papers in this index state this conjecture (2014–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2501.14611, arXiv:2406.16172, arXiv:1412.6185.
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