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Lattice multi-polygons

Combinatorics 2018-02-21 v4 Algebraic Topology Metric Geometry

Abstract

We discuss generalizations of some results on lattice polygons to certain piecewise linear loops which may have a self-intersection but have vertices in the lattice Z2\mathbb{Z}^2. We first prove a formula on the rotation number of a unimodular sequence in Z2\mathbb{Z}^2. This formula implies the generalized twelve-point theorem in [12]. We then introduce the notion of lattice multi-polygons which is a generalization of lattice polygons, state the generalized Pick's formula and discuss the classification of Ehrhart polynomials of lattice multi-polygons and also of several natural subfamilies of lattice multi-polygons.

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@article{arxiv.1204.0088,
  title  = {Lattice multi-polygons},
  author = {Akihiro Higashitani and Mikiya Masuda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.0088},
  year   = {2018}
}

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21 pages, 7 figures, Kyoto J. Math. to appear

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