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Main Authors: Banaian, Esther, Farrell, Libby, Tao, Amy, Wright, Kayla, Zhang, Joy Zhichun
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.00440
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author Banaian, Esther
Farrell, Libby
Tao, Amy
Wright, Kayla
Zhang, Joy Zhichun
author_facet Banaian, Esther
Farrell, Libby
Tao, Amy
Wright, Kayla
Zhang, Joy Zhichun
contents A frieze on a polygon is a map from the diagonals of the polygon to an integral domain which respects the Ptolemy relation. Conway and Coxeter previously studied positive friezes over $\mathbb{Z}$ and showed that they are in bijection with triangulations of a polygon. We extend their work by studying friezes over $\mathbb Z[\sqrt{2}]$ and their relationships to dissections of polygons. We largely focus on the characterization of unitary friezes that arise from dissecting a polygon into triangles and quadrilaterals. We identify a family of dissections that give rise to unitary friezes and conjecture that this gives a complete classification of dissections which admit a unitary frieze.
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spellingShingle Friezes over $\mathbb Z[\sqrt{2}]$
Banaian, Esther
Farrell, Libby
Tao, Amy
Wright, Kayla
Zhang, Joy Zhichun
Combinatorics
A frieze on a polygon is a map from the diagonals of the polygon to an integral domain which respects the Ptolemy relation. Conway and Coxeter previously studied positive friezes over $\mathbb{Z}$ and showed that they are in bijection with triangulations of a polygon. We extend their work by studying friezes over $\mathbb Z[\sqrt{2}]$ and their relationships to dissections of polygons. We largely focus on the characterization of unitary friezes that arise from dissecting a polygon into triangles and quadrilaterals. We identify a family of dissections that give rise to unitary friezes and conjecture that this gives a complete classification of dissections which admit a unitary frieze.
title Friezes over $\mathbb Z[\sqrt{2}]$
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.00440