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The Hilbert area of inscribed triangles and quadrilaterals

Geometric Topology 2020-12-21 v3 Metric Geometry

Abstract

Hilbert volume is an invariant of real projective geometry. Polygons inscribed in polygons are considered for the real projective plane. The correspondence between Fock-Goncharov and Cartesian coordinates is examined. Degeneration and Hilbert area of inscribed quadrilaterals are analyzed. A microlocal condition is developed for bounded Hilbert area under degeneration. The condition is applied to give a sequence of strictly convex domains with bounded Hilbert area and divergent Goldman parameters.

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@article{arxiv.2004.05432,
  title  = {The Hilbert area of inscribed triangles and quadrilaterals},
  author = {Scott A. Wolpert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.05432},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

17 pages, 4 figures. Version 2 has an expanded introduction discussing the established results in the literature. Version 3 has small additions to explanations