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Quasi--Euclidean classification of Alcoved Convex Polyhedra

Combinatorics 2020-10-09 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We give the quasi--Euclidean classification of the maximal (with respect to the ff--vector) alcoved polyhedra. The ff--vector of these maximal convex bodies is (20,30,12)(20,30,12), so they are simple dodecahedra. We find eight quasi--Euclidean classes. This classification, which preserves angles, is finer than the known combinatorial classification (found in 2012 by Jim\'{e}nez and de la Puente), which has only six classes. Each alcoved polyhedron P\mathcal{P} is represented by a unique visualized idempotent matrix AA. Some 2--minors of AA are invariants of P\mathcal{P}: they are the tropical edge--lengths of P\mathcal{P}.

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@article{arxiv.2010.03818,
  title  = {Quasi--Euclidean classification of Alcoved Convex Polyhedra},
  author = {M. J. de la Puente},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.03818},
  year   = {2020}
}