The farthest point map on the 4-cube

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Main Author: Yamagishi, Yoshikazu
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Published: 2024
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contents We study the farthest point mapping on (the boundary of) the 4-cube with respect to the intrinsic metric, and its dynamics as a multivalued mapping. It is a piecewise rational map. It is more complicated than the one on the 3-cube, but it is shown that the limit set of the farthest point map on the 4-cube is the union of the diagonals of eight (3-cube) facets, like the farthest point map on the 3-cube whose limit set is the union of the six (square) facets. This is in contrast to the doubly covered simplices and (the boundary of) the regular 4-simplex, where the limit set is a finite set. If the source point is in the interior of a facet, its limit set is also in the facet. The farthest point mapping is closely related to the star unfolding and source unfolding. We give a loose definition of star unfolding of the surface of a 4-dimensional polytope. We also study the intrinsic radius and diameter of the 4-cube. It is expected that the intrinsic radius/diameter ratio of an n-cube is monotonically decreasing in dimension.
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spellingShingle The farthest point map on the 4-cube
Yamagishi, Yoshikazu
Metric Geometry
Dynamical Systems
52B11, 37F10
We study the farthest point mapping on (the boundary of) the 4-cube with respect to the intrinsic metric, and its dynamics as a multivalued mapping. It is a piecewise rational map. It is more complicated than the one on the 3-cube, but it is shown that the limit set of the farthest point map on the 4-cube is the union of the diagonals of eight (3-cube) facets, like the farthest point map on the 3-cube whose limit set is the union of the six (square) facets. This is in contrast to the doubly covered simplices and (the boundary of) the regular 4-simplex, where the limit set is a finite set. If the source point is in the interior of a facet, its limit set is also in the facet. The farthest point mapping is closely related to the star unfolding and source unfolding. We give a loose definition of star unfolding of the surface of a 4-dimensional polytope. We also study the intrinsic radius and diameter of the 4-cube. It is expected that the intrinsic radius/diameter ratio of an n-cube is monotonically decreasing in dimension.
title The farthest point map on the 4-cube
topic Metric Geometry
Dynamical Systems
52B11, 37F10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.16862