Self-affine convex discs are polygons

Christian Richter1
1Mathematisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany

Tóm tắt

A disc in $${{\mathbb R}^2}$$ is called self-affine if it can be dissected into m ≥ 2 affine images of itself. We show that every self-affine convex disc D is a polygon. As a corollary, it turns out that D must be a triangle, a quadrangle or a pentagon.

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