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1) If a Vivisectionist Alchemist has the Bombs feature from another class, how do the two classes interact?2) Can they choose Bomb discoveries?
3) Do the levels stack?
1) What class give bombs? Hopefully it will have rules on how the abilities stack. Prestige classes should have them.
2) Only if the other class allow that, the vivisectionist don't have them as a class feature, so it don't count for acquiring the discoveries.
3) No. You don't stack features if you don't have them.
A character who takes an alternate class feature does not count as having the class feature that was replaced when meeting any requirements or prerequisites.
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Bomb (Su)
At 1st level, the arcane bomber gains an ability nearly identical to the alchemist’s bomb ability. Unlike the alchemist, at 1st level, the arcane bomber chooses one type of energy from the following list: acid, cold, fire, and electricity. He can throw bombs of that type, but cannot modify them with discoveries. This ability stacks with the alchemist bomb ability to determine the level of bomb damage, but an arcane bomber that becomes an alchemist does not gain that class’s bomb ability, nor does an alchemist that becomes an arcane bomber gain this bomb ability.
This ability replaces arcane bond.
If the alchemist does not have the Bomb ability as in the case of the Vivisectionist, then there is nothing to stack.
And the Ninja doesn't have the bomb feature, even if they have the smoke/poison bomb tricks. Unrelated abilities with no interaction even hinted at, let alone stated for stacking.
I did look into trying to get the bomb feature with the alchemist that I was playing once he went vivisectionist. I couldn't find a way to do so. The best I could do was to throw splash weapons for the 1d6 or so + int. A small boost to damage could be created by using the Hybridization Funnel:
Price 200 gp; Aura faint transmutation; CL 3rd; Weight 2 lbs.
This two-spouted funnel is used to safely mix two alchemical splash weapons into a single flask. Using the vial requires 10 minutes and a DC 25 Craft (alchemy) check; a half-elf has a +5 bonus on this check. Failing the check means both splash weapon are destroyed. Success means the two materials are safely mixed into one vial that is the same volume as a normal splash weapon vial; when thrown as a splash weapon, the mixture has the effects of both component substances and creatures are affected as if hit by both. The mixture becomes inert after 24 hours. Only liquids may be mixed with the funnel. The bearer can use it to mix an alchemical splash weapon with either holy water or unholy water, but the Craft (alchemy) DC increases to 30; half-elves still get the +5 bonus on this check. The funnel does not work on potions, elixirs, extracts, or other materials. Mixing a substance with a similar or identical substance (such as alchemist's fire with alchemist's fire) has no effect. A mixture cannot be combined with another mixture.
Construction Requirements
Cost 100 gp
Craft Wondrous Item, fabricate or combine extracts discovery