Projective self-dual polygons in higher dimensions (Q6082471)

Arnold introduced the question of finding the curves projectively equivalent to their dual. This paper considers the discrete version of the problem. A closed \(n\)-gon in a \(k\)-dimension space is a sequence of vertices \(A_1, A_3, A_5, \dots\) such that \(A_i = A_{i+2n}\). Its dual polygon \(P^*\) is the polygon in the dual space with vertices \(B^*_k, B^*_{k+2}, \dots\) such that \(B_i^*\) is the annihilator of the space \[ B_i =\mathrm{span}\lbrace A_{i - (k-1)}, A_{i - (k-3)}, \dots, A_{i + (k-1)} \rbrace \] We say that polygon is self-dual if there exists a projective tranformation \(f\) such that \(f(A_i) = B^*_{i+m}\). This leads to defining the corresponding moduli space \(M_{m,n,k}\). The authors determine the dimension of that moduli space for a number of triples which extends known results. Then the combinatorial Gale tranform and the pentagram map in higher dimension are considered.