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| Natura: | Preprint |
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2025
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| Accesso online: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08427 |
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Sommario:
- The reach of a submanifold of $\mathbb{R}^N$ is defined as the largest radius of a tubular neighbourhood around the submanifold that avoids self-intersections. While essential in geometric and topological applications, computing the reach explicitly is notoriously difficult. In this paper, we introduce a rigorous and practical method to compute a guaranteed lower bound for the reach of a submanifold described as the common zero-set of finitely many smooth functions, not necessarily polynomials. Our algorithm uses techniques from numerically verified proofs and is particularly suitable for high-performance parallel implementations. We illustrate the utility of this method through several applications. Of special note is a novel algorithm for computing the homology groups of planar curves, achieved by constructing a cubical complex that deformation retracts onto the curve--an approach potentially extendable to higher-dimensional manifolds. Additional applications include an improved comparison inequality between intrinsic and extrinsic distances for submanifolds of $\mathbb{R}^N$, lower bounds for the first eigenvalue of the Laplacian on algebraic varieties and explicit bounds on how much smooth varieties can be deformed without changing their diffeomorphism type.