The symplectic Penrose kite (Q707588): Difference between revisions

The Delzant theorem [see \textit{T. Delzant}, Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 116, No.~3, 315--339 (1988; Zbl 0676.58029)] provides an exact correspondence between symplectic toric manifolds and simple convex rational polytopes that satisfy a special integrability condition, an explicit construction of the manifold that is associated to each polytope being given. The second author introduced in the paper [\textit{E. Prato}, Topology 40, No.~5, 961--975 (2001; Zbl 1013.53054)] the concept of quasifold and related geometrical objects. (In the Appendix, these definitions are recalled and partly reformulated). Moreover, a generalization of the Delzant construction for non-rational polytopes was introduced: To any simple convex polytope \(\Delta\) in \((\mathbb{R}^k)^*\) a \(2k\)-dimensional compact connected symplectic quasifold is associated. The Penrose kite is the most elementary example of a simple convex polytope that is not rational. The purpose of this article is to view it from the perspective of symplectic geometry. So, Prato's generalization of the Delzant construction for non-rational polytopes is applied; the choice of a suitable quasilattice \(Q\) and a set of four vectors in \(Q\) that are orthogonal to the edges of the kite pointing toward the interior of the polytope are justified by the geometry of the kite.