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SL_2-Tilings Do Not Exist in Higher Dimensions (mostly)

Combinatorics 2016-05-30 v2 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

We define a family of generalizations of SL2\operatorname{SL}_2-tilings to higher dimensions called ϵ\boldsymbol{\epsilon}-SL2\operatorname{SL}_2-tilings. We show that, in each dimension 3 or greater, ϵ\boldsymbol{\epsilon}-SL2\operatorname{SL}_2-tilings exist only for certain choices of ϵ\boldsymbol{\epsilon}. In the case that they exist, we show that they are essentially unique and have a concrete description in terms of odd Fibonacci numbers.

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@article{arxiv.1604.02491,
  title  = {SL_2-Tilings Do Not Exist in Higher Dimensions (mostly)},
  author = {Laurent Demonet and Pierre-Guy Plamondon and Dylan Rupel and Salvatore Stella and Pavel Tumarkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.02491},
  year   = {2016}
}

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4 pages

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