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Cyclic Symmetry of the Scaled Simplex

Combinatorics 2012-07-24 v1

Abstract

Let Z_m^k consist of the m^k alcoves contained in the m-fold dilation of the fundamental alcove of the type A_k affine hyperplane arrangement. As the fundamental alcove has a cyclic symmetry of order (k+1), so does Z_m^k. By bijectively exchanging the natural poset structure of Z_m^k for a natural cyclic action on a set of words, we prove an instance of the cyclic sieving phenomenon.

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@article{arxiv.1207.5240,
  title  = {Cyclic Symmetry of the Scaled Simplex},
  author = {Hugh Thomas and Nathan Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.5240},
  year   = {2012}
}

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19 pages, 14 figures