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A $k$-Artal arrangement is a reducible algebraic curve composed of a smooth cubic and $k$ inflectional tangents. By studying the topological properties of their subarrangements, we prove that for $k=3,4,5,6$, there exist Zariski pairs of $k$-Artal arrangements. These Zariki pairs can be distinguished in a geometric way…

Paper generalizes splitting number to classify plane curve arrangements.

The invariant $\mathcal{I}(\mathcal{A},ξ,γ)$ was first introduced by E. Artal, V. Florens and the author. Inspired by the idea of G. Rybnikov, we obtain a multiplicativity theorem of this invariant under the gluing of two arrangements along a triangle. An application of this theorem is to prove that the extended Rybnik…

We construct a topological invariant of algebraic plane curves, which is in some sense an adaptation of the linking number of knot theory. This invariant is shown to be a generalization of the I-invariant of line arrangements developed by the first author with Artal and Florens. We give two practical tools for computin…

New invariant detects non-homeomorphic arrangements with similar coefficients.

We construct bundles $E_k(\A,\F) \to M$ over the complement $M$ of a complex hyperplane arrangement \A, depending on an integer $k \geq 1$ and a set $\F=\{f_1, \ldots, f_μ\}$ of continuous functions $f_i \colon M \to \C$ whose differences are nonzero on $M$, generalizing the configuration space bundles arising in the L…

Euclidean systems and real PK arrangements linked via geometry.

We investigate several topological and combinatorial properties of line arrangements. We associate to a line arrangement a link obtained by intersecting the arrangement with some sphere. Several topics are discussed: (a) some link configurations can be realized by complex line arrangements but not by real line arrangem…

New infinite $K(π,1)$ arrangements found in higher dimensions.

Study shows certain toric arrangements have minimal topological complements.

Study shows asphericity isn't inherited in certain arrangements.

Icosidodecahedral arrangement has torsions in homology, and is a K(π,1).

This paper studies topological properties of line arrangements in complex projective plane.

Study a specific line arrangement and compute its fundamental group via braid monodromy.

Study restricts line arrangements with odd points using topological arguments.

A line arrangement of $3n$ lines in $\mathbb CP^2$ satisfies Hirzebruch property if each line intersect others in $n+1$ points. Hirzebruch asked if all such arrangements are related to finite complex reflection groups. We give a positive answer to this question in the case when the line arrangement in $\mathbb CP^2$ is…

Study of Alexander modules for hyperplane arrangements, distinguishing complements.

Researchers classify K-stability of log Fano hyperplane arrangements.

Proves lattice isomorphic arrangements can have equivalent complements but non-homeomorphic embeddings.

Using the invariant developed in [6], we differentiate four arrangements with the same combinatorial information but in different deformation classes. From these arrangements, we construct four other arrangements such that there is no orientation-preserving homeomorphism between them. Furthermore, some couples of arran…

New method determines arrangement combinatorics from Milnor fiber boundary.

Study on links formed by pseudocircle arrangements, focusing on three unavoidable cases.

We define several homology theories for central hyperplane arrangements, categorifying well-known polynomial invariants including the characteristic polynomial, Poincare polynomial, and Tutte polynomial. We consider basic algebraic properties of such chain complexes, including long-exact sequences associated to deletio…

Survey on hyperplane arrangements and their topology.

Study conic-line arrangements of degree 7, finding their topology and components.

The fundamental group of the complement of a hyperplane arrangement plays an important role in studying the corresponding arrangements. In particular, for large families of hyperplane arrangements, this fundamental group, being isomorphic to the fundamental group of a complement of a line arrangement, has some remarkab…

Our aim is to generalize the result that two generic complex line arrangements are equivalent. In fact for a line arrangement A we associate its defining polynomial, the product of a_ix+b_iy+c_i, so that A = (f=0). We prove that the defining polynomials of two generic line arrangements are, up to a small deformation, t…

Bordifications of hyperplane arrangements yield complexes with homotopy type of wedges of spheres.

Two unique conic-line arrangements with degree 9 are found.

Generalizes cohomology ring result for combinatorial line arrangements.

Link projections with the same circle arrangement can be transformed by specific moves.

Church-Ellenberg-Farb used the language of FI-modules to prove that the cohomology of certain sequences of hyperplane arrangements with S_n-actions satisfies representation stability. Here we lift their results to the level of the arrangements themselves, and define when a collection of arrangements is "finitely genera…

Geometric arguments show simplicial arrangements with few double points can't have an irreducible cubic curve dual.

An arrangement of pseudocircles is a finite set of oriented closed Jordan curves each two of which cross each other in exactly two points. To describe the combinatorial structure of arrangements on closed orientable surfaces, in (Linhart, Ortner 2004) so-called *intersection schemes* were introduced. Building up on res…

Topology of space line arrangements depends on line count and multiple points.

A toric arrangement is a finite set of hypersurfaces in a complex torus, every hypersurface being the kernel of a character. In the present paper we build a CW-complex homotopy equivalent to the arrangement complement, with a combinatorial description similar to that of the well-known Salvetti complex. If the toric arr…

New maximal acyclic matchings prove minimality of hyperplane arrangements.

In arrangements of pseudocircles (Jordan curves) the weight of a vertex (intersection point) is the number of pseudocircles that contain the vertex in its interior. We give improved upper bounds on the number of vertices of weight <=k in certain arrangements of pseudocircles in the plane. In particular, forbidding cert…

Study of first homology group of Milnor fiber boundary for generic hyperplane arrangements in C^3.

We note an intimate connection between the Lefschetz Theorem for c-arrangements, and a theorem of Hironaka relating the complement of an arrangement to its boundary manifold. This results in a generalization of Hironaka's result.

A pseudocircle is a simple closed curve on some surface; an arrangement of pseudocircles is a collection of pseudocircles that pairwise intersect in exactly two points, at which they cross. Ortner proved that an arrangement of pseudocircles is embeddable into the sphere if and only if all of its subarrangements of size…

Let F be R or C, d the dimension of F over R. Denote by P(F) either the affine plane A(F) or the hyperbolic plane H(F) over F. An arrangement L of k lines in P(F) (pairwise non-parallel in the hyperbolic case) has a link at infinity K(L) comprising k unknotted (d-1)-spheres in the (2d-1)-sphere, whose topology reflects…

Study on constraints for topological and smooth realizations of line arrangements and configurations.

We define a new topological invariant of line arrangements in the complex projective plane. This invariant is a root of unity defined under some combinatorial restrictions for arrangements endowed with some special torsion character on the fundamental group of their complements. It is derived from the peripheral struct…

A new framework for graph representation learning.

Study on mod 2 Betti numbers of complex hyperplane arrangements and Milnor fiber homology.

We prove that under certain combinatorial conditions, the realization spaces of line arrangements on the complex projective plane are connected. We also give several examples of arrangements with eight, nine and ten lines which have disconnected realization spaces.

For a real oriented hyperplane arrangement, we show that the corresponding Salvetti complex is homotopy equivalent to the complement of the complexified arrangement. This result was originally proved by M. Salvetti. Our proof follows the framework of a proof given by L. Paris and relies heavily on the notation of orien…