Euclidean distance degree of projective varieties

Abstract

We give a positive answer to a conjecture of Aluffi-Harris on the computation of the Euclidean distance degree of a possibly singular projective variety in terms of the local Euler obstruction function.

10 pages. Key words: Euclidean distance degree, Euler characteristic, local Euler obstruction function

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• Global Euler obstruction and polar invariants
• Euclidean distance degree of the multiview variety

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• Defect of Euclidean distance degree