Higher pentagram maps, weighted directed networks, and cluster dynamics

DOI10.3934/ERA.2012.19.1zbMATH Open1278.37047arXiv1110.0472OpenAlexW2964060060WikidataQ124935619 ScholiaQ124935619MaRDI QIDQ422140FDOQ422140

Authors: Michael Shapiro, Michael Gekhtman, S. Tabachnikov, Alek Vainshtein 

Publication date: 16 May 2012

Published in: Electronic Research Announcements in Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The pentagram map that associates to a projective polygon a new one formed by intersections of short diagonals was introduced by R. Schwartz and was shown to be integrable by V. Ovsienko, R. Schwartz and S. Tabachnikov. Recently, M. Glick demonstrated that the pentagram map can be put into the framework of the theory of cluster algebras. In this paper, we extend and generalize Glick's work by including the pentagram map into a family of discrete completely integrable systems. Our main tool is Poisson geometry of weighted directed networks on surfaces developed by M. Gekhtman, M. Shapiro, and A. Vainshtein. The ingredients necessary for complete integrability -- invariant Poisson brackets, integrals of motion in involution, Lax representation -- are recovered from combinatorics of the networks. Our integrable systems depend on one discrete parameter $k>1$. The case $k=3$ corresponds to the pentagram map. For $k>3$, we give our integrable systems a geometric interpretation as pentagram-like maps involving deeper diagonals. If $k=2$ and the ground field is $C$, we give a geometric interpretation in terms of circle patterns.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.0472

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zbMATH Keywords

cluster dynamicspentagram mapdiscrete integrable system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, integration methods, integrability tests (37J35) Poisson manifolds; Poisson groupoids and algebroids (53D17) Cluster algebras (13F60)

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