Polynomial interpolation in higher dimension: from simplicial complexes to GC sets

Abstract

Geometrically characterized (GC) sets were introduced by Chung-Yao in their work on polynomial interpolation in R^d. Conjectures on the structure of GC sets have been proposed by Gasca-Maeztu for the planar case, and in higher dimension by de Boor and Apozyan-Hakopian. We investigate GC sets in dimension three or more, and show that one way to obtain such sets is from the combinatorics of simplicial complexes.