15 September 2013 Liouville–Arnold integrability of the pentagram map on closed polygons
Valentin Ovsienko, Richard Evan Schwartz, Serge Tabachnikov
Duke Math. J. 162(12): 2149-2196 (15 September 2013). DOI: 10.1215/00127094-2348219

Abstract

The pentagram map is a discrete dynamical system defined on the moduli space of polygons in the projective plane. This map has recently attracted a considerable interest, mostly because its connection to a number of different domains, such as classical projective geometry, algebraic combinatorics, moduli spaces, cluster algebras, and integrable systems.

Integrability of the pentagram map was conjectured by Schwartz and proved by the present authors for a larger space of twisted polygons. In this article, we prove the initial conjecture that the pentagram map is completely integrable on the moduli space of closed polygons. In the case of convex polygons in the real projective plane, this result implies the existence of a toric foliation on the moduli space. The leaves of the foliation carry affine structure and the dynamics of the pentagram map is quasiperiodic. Our proof is based on an invariant Poisson structure on the space of twisted polygons. We prove that the Hamiltonian vector fields corresponding to the monodromy invariants preserve the space of closed polygons and define an invariant affine structure on the level surfaces of the monodromy invariants.

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Valentin Ovsienko. Richard Evan Schwartz. Serge Tabachnikov. "Liouville–Arnold integrability of the pentagram map on closed polygons." Duke Math. J. 162 (12) 2149 - 2196, 15 September 2013. https://doi.org/10.1215/00127094-2348219

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Published: 15 September 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 9 September 2013

zbMATH: 1315.37035
MathSciNet: MR3102478
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1215/00127094-2348219

Subjects:
Primary: 37J35
Secondary: 51A20

Rights: Copyright © 2013 Duke University Press

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