A discrete four vertex theorem for hyperbolic polygons

DOI10.1016/J.DISC.2023.113371MaRDI QIDQ6041850zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Kyle Grant, Wiktor J. Mogilski

Publication date 15 May 2023

Published in Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.04159

zbMATH Keywords

convex hyperbolic polygondiscrete curvaturediscrete four-vertex theoremevolute

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(n)-vertex theorems via direct methods (51L15)

Abstract: There are many four vertex type theorems appearing in the literature, coming in both smooth and discrete flavors. The most familiar of these is the classical theorem in differential geometry, which states that the curvature function of a simple smooth closed curve in the plane has at least four extreme values. This theorem admits a natural discretization to Euclidean polygons due to O. Musin. In this article we adapt the techniques of Musin and prove a discrete four vertex theorem for convex hyperbolic polygons.

Review text

The classical four-vertex theorem in differential geometry states that the curvature along a simple closed smooth curve in the plane has at least four local extrema. There are several discrete versions of the four-vertex theorem. \textit{O. Musin} [``A four-vertex theorem for a polygon, Kvant 2, 11--13 (1997)] introduced the notion of discrete curvature and proved a four-vertex theorem for Euclidean polygons. In [\textit{O. R. Musin}, J. Math. Sci., New York 119, No. 2, 268--277 (2001; Zbl 1077.51505); translation from Zap. Nauchn. Semin. POMI 280, 251--271 (2001)], he introduced the notion of discrete evolute. In the paper under review, the authors adapt the techniques of Musin and prove a discrete four-vertex theorem for convex hyperbolic polygons.

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