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Planar coincidences for N-fold symmetry

Metric Geometry 2009-11-11 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

The coincidence problem for planar patterns with NN-fold symmetry is considered. For the N-fold symmetric module with N<46N<46, all isometries of the plane are classified that result in coincidences of finite index. This is done by reformulating the problem in terms of algebraic number fields and using prime factorization. The more complicated case N46N \ge 46 is briefly discussed and N=46 is described explicitly. The results of the coincidence problem also solve the problem of colour lattices in two dimensions and its natural generalization to colour modules.

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@article{arxiv.math/0511147,
  title  = {Planar coincidences for N-fold symmetry},
  author = {Peter A. B. Pleasants and Michael Baake and Johannes Roth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0511147},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

38 pages, 4 figures; updated and slightly corrected version of a paper published in J. Math. Phys. (see below)

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