Multidimensional integer trigonometry

DOI10.46298/CM.10919MaRDI QIDQ6508706arXivFDO

Authors John Blackman, James G. Dolan, Oleg Karpenkov

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.46298/CM.10919

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continued fractions (11A55) Lattices and convex bodies (number-theoretic aspects) (11H06) Lattice polytopes in convex geometry (including relations with commutative algebra and algebraic geometry) (52B20)

Abstract: This paper is dedicated to providing an introduction into multidimensional integer trigonometry. We start with an exposition of integer trigonometry in two dimensions, which was introduced in 2008, and use this to generalise these integer trigonometric functions to arbitrary dimension. We then move on to study the basic properties of integer trigonometric functions. We find integer trigonometric relations for transpose and adjacent simplicial cones, and for the cones which generate the same simplices. Additionally, we discuss the relationship between integer trigonometry, the Euclidean algorithm, and continued fractions. Finally, we use adjacent and transpose cones to introduce a notion of best approximations of simplicial cones. In two dimensions, this notion of best approximation coincides with the classical notion of the best approximations of real numbers.

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