本文对所有三元组(a,b,i)进行分类,使得存在一个凸格多边形P,其面积分别为a,b和i,在边界上的格点分别在内部。分类的关键引理是b \le 2 i + 7的必要性。我们勾勒三个证明这一事实:原来的一个斯科特,一个小学,一个使用代数几何。作为改进,我们引入了一个洋葱皮参数l:P包含多少嵌套多边形?并给出更清晰的边界。
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In this note we classify all triples (a,b,i) such that there is a convex lattice polygon P with area a, and b respectively i lattice points on the boundary respectively in the interior. The crucial lemma for the classification is the necessity of b \le 2 i + 7. We sketch three proofs of this fact: the original one by Scott, an elementary one, and one using algebraic geometry.
As a refinement, we introduce an onion skin parameter l: how many nested polygons does P contain? and give sharper bounds.
Two lattice points are visible to one another if there exist no other lattice points on the line segment connecting them. In this paper we study convex lattice polygons that contain a lattice point such that all other lattice points in the polygon are visible from it. We completely classify such polygons, show that there are finitely many of lattice width greater than $2$, and computationally enumerate them. As an application of this classification, we prove new obstructions to graphs arising as skeleta of tropical plane curves.
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We discuss the problem on the connectedness of various webs of lattice polytopes by introducing a geometric point of view from the toric Mori theory. To this end, we provide a combinatorial description of toric Sarkisov links in terms of certain sets of lattice points, which we call primitive generating sets. In two dimensions, the description is further translated into the language of lattice polygons. As an application, we prove in two ways (constructive and non-constructive) that reflexive or terminal polygons form a single connected web via inclusion relations even without taking modulo un…
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The lattice size $\operatorname{ls}_Δ(P)$ of a lattice polygon $P$ with respect to the standard simplex $Δ$ was introduced and studied by Castryck and Cools in the context of simplification of the defining equation of an algebraic curve. Earlier, Schicho provided an "onion skins" algorithm for mapping a lattice polygon $P$ into a small integer multiple of the standard simplex, based on passing successively to the convex hull of the interior lattice points of $P$. Castryck and Cools showed that this algorithm computes the lattice size of $P$. In this paper we show that for a plane convex body $…
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Questions that seek to determine whether a hyperplane arrangement property, be it geometric, arithmetic or topological, is of a combinatorial nature (that is determined by the intersection lattice) are abundant in the literature. To tackle such questions and provide a negative answer, one of the most effective methods is to produce a counterexample. To this end, it is essential to know how to construct arrangements that are lattice-equivalent. The more different they are, the more efficient it will be. In this paper, we present a method to construct arrangements of complex projective lines tha…
The goal of this paper is to determine the number of perpendicularly inscribed polygons that intersect a given side of a regular polygon with an odd number of sides. This is done using circular permutations with repetition, and some special cases are calculated via circulant matrices and the Binomial Theorem. A method for finding such polygons, based on Banach's Fixed Point Theorem, is also developed.
Let $G$ be an infinite, vertex-transitive lattice with degree $λ$ and fix a vertex on it. Consider all cycles of length exactly $l$ from this vertex to itself on $G$. Erasing loops chronologically from these cycles, what is the fraction $F_p/λ^{\ell(p)}$ of cycles of length $l$ whose last erased loop is some chosen self-avoiding polygon $p$ of length $\ell(p)$, when $l\to\infty$ ? We use combinatorial sieves to prove an exact formula for $F_p/λ^{\ell(p)}$ that we evaluate explicitly. We further prove that for all self-avoiding polygons $p$, $F_p\in\mathbb{Q}[χ]$ with $χ$ an irrational number d…
In this note, we explore certain determinantal descriptions of the Robbins numbers. Techniques used for this include continued fractions, Riordan arrays and series inversion. Proven and conjectured representations involve the determinants of both Hankel and symmetric matrices. In specific cases, links are drawn to centered polygonal numbers, and to heptagons and nonagons. We conjecture a Hankel transform determinant for the Robbins numbers related to the Fibonacci and the Catalan numbers.
The Hadwiger-Nelson problem asks for the minimum number of colors, so that each point of the plane can be assigned a single color with the property that no two points unit-distance apart are identically colored. It is now known that the answer is $5$, $6$, or $7$, Here we consider the problem in the context of Minkowski planes, where the unit circle is a regular polygon with $8$, $10$, or $12$ vertices. We prove that in each of these cases, one also needs at least five colors.
The famous Hadwiger-Nelson problem asks for the minimum number of colors needed to color the points of the Euclidean plane so that no two points unit distance apart are assigned the same color. In this note we consider a variant of the problem in Minkowski metric planes, where the unit circle is a regular polygon of even and at most 22 vertices. We present a simple lattice-sublattice coloring scheme that uses 6 colors, proving that the chromatic number of the Minkowski planes above are at most 6. This result is new for regular polygons having more than 8 vertices.
Entanglement statistics of polymers in a lattice tube and unknotting of 4-plats
University of Melbourne(墨尔本大学);Hiroshima University(广岛大学);Capilano University(卡皮拉诺大学);University of Saskatchewan(萨斯喀彻温大学);Sask Polytech(萨斯卡通理工大学);University of California Davis(加州大学戴维斯分校);Ochanomizu University(御茶水女子大学)