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Main Authors: Richter, Christian, Zimmermann, Felix
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15521
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author Richter, Christian
Zimmermann, Felix
author_facet Richter, Christian
Zimmermann, Felix
contents A quadrangle in the Euclidean plane is called $n$-self-affine if it has a dissection into $n$ affine images of itself. All convex quadrangles are known to be $n$-self-affine for every $n \ge 5$. The only $2$-self-affine convex quadrangles are trapezoids. Here we characterize all $3$-self-affine convex quadrangles, obtaining $5$ one-parameter families and $13$ singular examples of affine types. This way we reduce the quest for all $n$-self-affine convex quadrangles to the open case $n=4$. In addition, we show that there are $n$-self-affine non-convex quadrangles for all $n \ge 3$, but not for $n=2$.
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spellingShingle Self-affine quadrangles
Richter, Christian
Zimmermann, Felix
Combinatorics
Metric Geometry
52C20 (Primary) 51N10 (Secondary)
A quadrangle in the Euclidean plane is called $n$-self-affine if it has a dissection into $n$ affine images of itself. All convex quadrangles are known to be $n$-self-affine for every $n \ge 5$. The only $2$-self-affine convex quadrangles are trapezoids. Here we characterize all $3$-self-affine convex quadrangles, obtaining $5$ one-parameter families and $13$ singular examples of affine types. This way we reduce the quest for all $n$-self-affine convex quadrangles to the open case $n=4$. In addition, we show that there are $n$-self-affine non-convex quadrangles for all $n \ge 3$, but not for $n=2$.
title Self-affine quadrangles
topic Combinatorics
Metric Geometry
52C20 (Primary) 51N10 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15521