Rotundus: triangulations, Chebyshev polynomials, and Pfaffians
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Publication:1622641
DOI10.1007/S00283-017-9753-7zbMATH Open1405.15010arXiv1707.09106OpenAlexW2739605835WikidataQ129359098 ScholiaQ129359098MaRDI QIDQ1622641FDOQ1622641
Authors: Charles H. Conley, Valentin Ovsienko 
Publication date: 19 November 2018
Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We introduce and study a cyclically invariant polynomial which is an analog of the classical tridiagonal determinant usually called the continuant. We prove that this polynomial can be calculated as the Pfaffian of a skew-symmetric matrix. We consider the corresponding Diophantine equation and prove an analog of a famous result due to Conway and Coxeter. We also observe that Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind arise as Pfaffians.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.09106
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