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Subdividing triangles with $\pi$-commensurable angles

Metric Geometry 2022-06-10 v1

Abstract

A point in the interior of a planar triangle determines a subdivision into six subtriangles. A triangle with angles commensurable with π\pi is called π\pi-commensurable. For such a triangle a subdivision where each of the subtriangles are π\pi-commensurable too is called π\pi-commensurable. We prove that there are infinitely many π\pi-commensurable triangles that do not admit any π\pi-commensurable subdivision except the one given by angle bisectors. We count the number of π\pi-commensurable subdivisions of triangles. We perform a similar count for Z-degree sub-divisions of Z-degree triangles too. Finally we show that subdivision by angle bisectors is essential in recursive subdivisions in the sense that recursive π\pi-commensurable subdivisions of any π\pi-commensurable triangle ultimately involve a subdivision by angle bisectors.

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@article{arxiv.2206.04348,
  title  = {Subdividing triangles with $\pi$-commensurable angles},
  author = {Hasan Korkmaz and Ferit Öztürk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.04348},
  year   = {2022}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure

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