Polygonal bicycle paths and the Darboux transformation

DOI10.2140/INVOLVE.2016.9.57zbMATH Open1360.37145arXiv1308.5757OpenAlexW2963496682MaRDI QIDQ903136FDOQ903136

Authors: Ian Alevy, E. Tsukerman 

Publication date: 5 January 2016

Published in: Involve (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A Bicycle $(n,k)$-gon is an equilateral $n$-gon whose $k$ diagonals are of equal length. In this paper we consider periodic bicycle $(n,k)$-paths, which are a natural variation in which the polygon is replaced with a periodic polygonal path.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.5757

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zbMATH Keywords

bicycle polygonsfloating bodies in equilibriumtire track problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, integration methods, integrability tests (37J35) Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04) Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25)

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