dmtcs:2920 -
Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science,
January 1, 2011,
DMTCS Proceedings vol. AO, 23rd International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2011)
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https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.2920
The pentagram map and Y-patternsArticle
Authors: Max Glick 1
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Max Glick
1 Department of Mathematics - University of Michigan
The pentagram map, introduced by R. Schwartz, is defined by the following construction: given a polygon as input, draw all of its ``shortest'' diagonals, and output the smaller polygon which they cut out. We employ the machinery of cluster algebras to obtain explicit formulas for the iterates of the pentagram map.