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# Polar degrees and closest points in codimension two

Suppose that $XA⊂ℙn−1$ is a toric variety of codimension two defined by an $(n−2)×n$ integer matrix $A$, and let $B$ be a Gale dual of $A$. In this paper, we compute the Euclidean distance degree and polar degrees of $XA$ (along with other associated invariants) combinatorially working from the matrix $B$. Our approach allows for the consideration of examples that would be impractical using algebraic or geometric methods. It also yields considerably simpler computational formulas for these invariants, allowing much larger examples to be computed much more quickly than the analogous combinatorial methods using the matrix $A$ in the codimension two case.

Communicated by J. Hauenstein

AMSC: 14M25, 14Q20, 52B20, 52B35

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