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Bridging a gap: A heavy elastica between point supports
Grace K. Curtis, Ian M. Griffiths, Dominic Vella
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11875 https://

Bridging a gap: A heavy elastica between point supports
We study the deformation and slip-through of a heavy elastic beam suspended above two point supports and subject to an increasing body force -- an idealized model of a fibre trapped in the pores of a filter as flow strength increases, for example. Using both asymptotic and numerical techniques, we investigate the behaviour of the beam under increasing body force and the maximum force that can be supported before it must slip between the supports. We quantify this maximum body force as a functio…

An Early History of Toric Ideals
Serkan Ho\c{s}ten
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18443 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.18443

An Early History of Toric Ideals
Toric ideals are everywhere. They have been in the commutative algebra lexicon since about 1990 when Bernd Sturmfels used the term. The early days of toric ideals and their Gröbner bases were full of new results and promising developments in their applications. Bernd has been consistently their biggest promoter through his own work and that of his collaborators and students. This article is a personal and subjective recalling of the first decade of toric ideals when Bernd played a central role.

The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying | The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-party-connolly-gerontocracy/

The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying
The dead hand of gerontocracy is also a symptom of ideological malaise.

An Early History of Toric Ideals
Serkan Ho\c{s}ten
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18443 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.18443

An Early History of Toric Ideals
Toric ideals are everywhere. They have been in the commutative algebra lexicon since about 1990 when Bernd Sturmfels used the term. The early days of toric ideals and their Gröbner bases were full of new results and promising developments in their applications. Bernd has been consistently their biggest promoter through his own work and that of his collaborators and students. This article is a personal and subjective recalling of the first decade of toric ideals when Bernd played a central role.