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We give a formula for the number of interior intersection points made by the diagonals of a regular $n$-gon. The answer is a polynomial on each residue class modulo 2520. We also compute the number of regions formed by the diagonals, by…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Bjorn Poonen , Michael Rubinstein

The generalized Euler number E_{n|k} counts the number of permutations of {1,2,...,n} which have a descent in position m if and only if m is divisible by k. The classical Euler numbers are the special case when k=2. In this paper, we study…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bruce E. Sagan , Ping Zhang

We exhibit, for any positive integer parameter $s$, an involution on the set of integer partitions of $n$. These involutions show the joint symmetry of the distributions of the following two statistics. The first counts the number of parts…

We describe a polynomial time algorithm that takes as input a polygon with axis-parallel sides but irrational vertex coordinates, and outputs a set of as few rectangles as possible into which it can be dissected by axis-parallel cuts and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-01-08 David Eppstein

Glaisher's theorem states that the number of partitions of $n$ into parts which repeat at most $m-1$ times is equal to the number of partitions of $n$ into parts which are not divisible by $m$. The $m=2$ case is Euler's famous partition…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-04-14 George E. Andrews , Aritram Dhar

While the contents of Euclid's Elements are well-known these days, some characters of the original text have been overlooked due to interpretation by modern mathematical languages. The lens of modern mathematics once anachronistically…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2025-06-16 Byungchang So

We introduce the theory of div point sets, which aims to provide a framework to study the combinatoric nature of any set of points in general position on an Euclidean plane. We then show that proving the unsatisfiability of some first-order…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-02 Archy Will He

We generalize Knuth's construction of Case I semifields quadratic over a weak nucleus, also known as generalized Dickson semifields, by doubling of central simple algebras. We thus obtain division algebras of dimension $2s^2$ by doubling…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2019-06-05 Daniel Thompson

The genus--g Fuss--Catalan (FC) number counts the number of ways to obtain a genus-g surface by identifying the edges of a pn--gon via p-valent hyperedges. For p=2 these are the genus--g Catalan numbers which are generated as the trace…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-26 Anatol Kirillov , Ivan Kostov

We denote a polygon as a connected component in Cayley tree of order 2 containing certain number of fix vertices. We found an exact formula for a polygon counting problem for two cases, in which, for the first case the polygon contain a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-04-15 Farrukh Mukhamedov , Chin Hee Pah , Mansoor Saburov

A hinged dissection of a set of polygons S is a collection of polygonal pieces hinged together at vertices that can be folded into any member of S. We present a hinged dissection of all edge-to-edge gluings of n congruent copies of a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Erik D. Demaine , Martin L. Demaine , David Eppstein , Greg N. Frederickson , Erich Friedman

We prove that any finite collection of polygons of equal area has a common hinged dissection. That is, for any such collection of polygons there exists a chain of polygons hinged at vertices that can be folded in the plane continuously…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2008-06-12 Timothy G. Abbott , Zachary Abel , David Charlton , Erik D. Demaine , Martin L. Demaine , Scott D. Kominers

Let P be a polygon whose vertices have been colored (labeled) cyclically with the numbers 1,2,...,c. Motivated by conjectures of Propp, we are led to consider partitions of P into k-gons which are proper in the sense that each k-gon…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bruce Sagan

We prove that it is NP-hard to dissect one simple orthogonal polygon into another using a given number of pieces, as is approximating the fewest pieces to within a factor of $1+1/1080-\varepsilon$.

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2015-12-22 Jeffrey Bosboom , Erik D. Demaine , Martin L. Demaine , Jayson Lynch , Pasin Manurangsi , Mikhail Rudoy , Anak Yodpinyanee

We reformulate several known results about continued fractions in combinatorial terms. Among them the theorem of Conway and Coxeter and that of Series, both relating continued fractions and triangulations. More general polygon dissections…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-01-28 Sophie Morier-Genoud , Valentin Ovsienko

We show that the Eulerian-Catalan numbers enumerate Dyck permutations. We provide two proofs for this fact, the first using the geometry of alcoved polytopes and the second a direct combinatorial proof via an Eulerian-Catalan analogue of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-01-07 Hoda Bidkhori , Seth Sullivant

We derive a formula for $p(n)$ (the number of partitions of $n$) in terms of the partial Bell polynomials using Fa\`{a} di Bruno's formula and Euler's pentagonal number theorem.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-02-24 Sumit Kumar Jha

The first paper of this series introduced objects (elements of twisted relative cohomology) that are Poincar\'e dual to Feynman integrals. We show how to use the pairing between these spaces -- an algebraic invariant called the intersection…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-19 Simon Caron-Huot , Andrzej Pokraka

We introduce a notion of $k$-convexity and explore polygons in the plane that have this property. Polygons which are \mbox{$k$-convex} can be triangulated with fast yet simple algorithms. However, recognizing them in general is a 3SUM-hard…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2010-07-22 Oswin Aichholzer , Franz Aurenhammer , Erik D. Demaine , Ferran Hurtado , Pedro Ramos , Jorge Urrutia

We give an example of two non isomorphic coordinate rings of a special kind of convex polyominoes whose Cohen-Macaulay types are generalized Fuss-Catalan numbers. We further provide a determinantal formula for these numbers.

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2024-01-30 Alin Ştefan