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Planar lattices and equilateral odd-gons

Combinatorics 2026-03-24 v2 Metric Geometry Number Theory

Abstract

For a planar integral lattice LL, let ν(L)\nu(L) denote the square-free part of the integer D(L)2D(L)^2, where D(L)D(L) stands for the area of a fundamental parallelogram of LL. For each odd integer nn with 3n<293 \leq n<29, a planar lattice LL contains an equilateral nn-gon if and only if LL is similar to an integral lattice LL' such that ν(L)3(mod4)\nu(L')\equiv 3 \pmod 4 and the largest prime factor pp of ν(L)\nu(L') satisfies pnp \leq n. Moreover, such LL contains a convex equilateral nn-gon, which answers a problem posed by Maehara.

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@article{arxiv.2503.01911,
  title  = {Planar lattices and equilateral odd-gons},
  author = {Akira Iino and Masashi Sakiyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.01911},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

7 pages; v2: updated to incorporate the corrections published in Yokohama Math. J. 71, 61-62 (2025). Main results remain unchanged

R2 v1 2026-06-28T22:05:15.944Z