Free arrangements and rhombic tilings
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Free arrangements and rhombic tilings
zbMATH Open document ID: 0853.52013
DOI: 10.1007/BF02711498
author: Victor Reiner
author: Paul Edelman
published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry
publication date: 1996-07-08T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(Z\), which can also be denoted \(Z(r_1,r_2,\dots,r_l)\), be a centrally symmetric polygon with integer side lengths such that a clockwise consecutive sequence of half the sides of the polygon \(Z\) have lengths \(r_1, r_2, \dots, r_l\) in this order. The authors prove the following: Theorem: All tilings of \(Z\) by unit rhombi are coherent in the sense of Billera and Sturmfels [\textit{L. Billera} and \textit{B. Sturmfels}, Ann. Math., II. Ser. 135, No. 3, 527-549 (1992; Zbl 0762.52003)] if and only if the following four cases hold: 1. \(Z\) is a \(Z(r,s)\) parallelogram; 2. \(Z\) is a \(Z(r,s,t)\) hexagon in which at least one of \(r\), \(s\), \(t\) is at most 2; 3. \(Z\) is projectively equivalent to a \(Z(r,s,1,1)\) octagon; 4. \(Z\) is a \(Z(1,1,1,1,1)\) decagon. To \(Z\) one can associate a discriminantal hyperplane arrangement. The authors also prove a theorem which classifies the arrangements which are free in the sense of Saito and Terao [\textit{P. Orlik} and \textit{H. Terao}, `Arrangements of hyperplanes', Springer Verlag, New York (1992; Zbl 0757.55001)]. This last theorem is similar in structure to the preceding theorem and is used in its proof. Thus the notions of \(Z\) having the associated hyperplane arrangement free, and \(Z\) having all tilings coherent, are related, but neither implies the other as the authors show in an example. Finally, considering the discriminantal arrangements for some particular octagons the authors can produce a counterexample to the conjecture by Saito that the complexified complement of a real free arrangement is a \(K(\pi,1)\) space.
reviewed by: Charles Leytem
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 52C35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 52C20
zbMATH DE Number: 881218
zbMATH Keywords: free arrangement
zbMATH Keywords: (rhombic) tiling
zbMATH Keywords: coherent tiling
zbMATH Keywords: discriminanal arrangement
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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