Higher Dimensional Versions of Theorems of Euler and Fuss

Q3 Mathematics

Arnold Mathematical Journal Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI:10.1007/s40598-023-00243-4

Peter Gibson, Nicolau Saldanha, Carlos Tomei

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Abstract

We present higher dimensional versions of the classical results of Euler and Fuss, both of which are special cases of the celebrated Poncelet porism. Our results concern polytopes, specifically simplices, parallelotopes and cross polytopes, inscribed in a given ellipsoid and circumscribed to another. The statements and proofs use the language of linear algebra. Without loss, one of the ellipsoids is the unit sphere and the other one is also centered at the origin. Let A be the positive symmetric matrix taking the outer ellipsoid to the inner one. If \({\text {tr}}\, A = 1\), there exists a bijection between the orthogonal group O(n) and the set of such labeled simplices. Similarly, if \({\text {tr}}\, A^2 = 1\), there are families of parallelotopes and of cross polytopes, also indexed by O(n).

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欧拉和福斯定理的高维版本

我们提出了欧拉和福斯经典结果的高维版本，这两个结果都是著名的庞斯莱孔主义的特例。我们的结果涉及多面体，特别是简面、平行多面体和交叉多面体，它们都刻在给定的椭球体上，并以另一个椭球体为圆心。陈述和证明使用线性代数语言。在不损失任何信息的情况下，其中一个椭圆体是单位球面，另一个椭圆体也以原点为中心。设 A 是将外椭球面取为内椭球面的正对称矩阵。如果 \({\text {tr}}\, A = 1\), 那么在正交群 O(n) 和这样的标注简约集之间存在一个双射。类似地，如果 \({\text {tr}}\, A^2 = 1\), 则存在平行多面体族和交叉多面体族，同样以 O(n) 为索引。

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