Non-self-affine convex pentagons (Q2257006)

A convex polygon \(P\) in \(\mathbb{R}^2\) is called self-affine if it can be dissected into at least two polygons which are images of \(P\) under affine transformations. \textit{E. Hertel} and \textit{C. Richter} [J. Geom. 98, No. 1--2, 79--89 (2010; Zbl 1211.52019)] showed that all triangles and all convex quadrangles are self-affine, whereas the regular pentagon is not self-affine. Let \(\epsilon_{0}\) be the smallest positive solution of \(f_{1}(\epsilon)+2f_{2}(\epsilon)-3\pi=0\), where \[ f_{1}(\epsilon)=\frac{7\pi}{5}-\epsilon-2\text{arctan}(\text{cot}(\frac{3\pi}{10}-\frac{\epsilon}{2})\text{tan}(\frac{3\pi}{10}+\frac{\epsilon}{2})\text{tan}(\frac{\pi}{10}+\frac{3\epsilon}{2})) \] and \[ f_{2}(\epsilon)=\frac{9\pi}{5}-2\epsilon-2\text{arctan}(\text{cot}(\frac{\pi}{10}-\epsilon)\text{tan}(\frac{\pi}{10}+\epsilon)\text{tan}(\frac{3\pi}{10}+2\epsilon)). \] The main result of this article is that if the sizes of all internal angles of a pentagon belong to the interval \((\frac{3\pi}{5}-\epsilon_{0},\frac{3\pi}{5}+\epsilon_{0})\), then the pentagon is not self-affine.