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Operations on Maps. Maps and Flags. There are three fixed point free involutions defined on F M: t 0 , t 1 , t 2 . Axioms for maps: A1: < t 0 , t 1 , t 2 > acts transitivley. A2: t 0 t 2 = t 2 t 0 is fixedpoint free involution.
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Maps and Flags • There are three fixed point free involutions defined on F M: t0,t1,t2. • Axioms for maps: • A1: < t0,t1,t2> acts transitivley. • A2: t0t2 = t2t0 is fixedpoint free involution. • There are four flags per edge: f, t0(f), t2(f), t2( t0(f)) = t0( t2(f)). t2(f) t2t0(f) f t0(f) t1(f)
Flag Systems are General • One may use flag systems to describe nonorientable surfaces such as Möbius bands or even complexes that are not surfaces, such as books!
f v e Du f v e Dual Du • Dual Du interchanges the role of vertices and faces and keeps the role of edges. • For instance the dual of a cube is octahedron.
f v e Du f v e Dual Du - continued • Only the labelings on the flags are changed. • The exact definition is given by the matrix on the left.
Tru f f v v e e Truncation Tru • Truncation Tru chops away each vertex and replaces it by a polygon. • For instance the eitght corners of a cube are replaced by triangles. Former 4-gons transform into 8-gons.
Tru f f v v e e Truncation Tru - continued • Each flag is replaced by three flags. • The exact definition is given by the three matrices on the left.
Me f f v v e e Medial Me • Medial Me chops away each vertex and replaces it by a polygon but it does it in such a way that no original edges are left. • The resulting map is fourvalent and has bipartite dual.
Me f f v v e e Medial Me - continued • Each flag is replaced by two flags. • The exact definition is given by the two matrices on the left.
Composite Transformations • Obviously we may combine two or more transformations into a composite transformation. If S and T are two transformations then S o T (F) = S(T(F)). • Here are some examples:
Rules for Composite Operations • Rule:Let M1, M2, ...be matrices defining transformation T and let N1, N2, ... be matrices that define S. Then the composite transformation T o S is defined by the set of all pairwise matrix products M1N1, M1N2, ..., M2N1, M2N2, ...
Twodimensional subdivision Su2 • As we defined earlier Su2 = Du o Tru o Du • It is interesting that many early gothic blueprints of churches contain transformation Su2 on the infinite square grid.
The Gothic Transformation • Go = Du o Me o Tru • The resulting graph is bipartite with quadrilateral faces. • This transformation can be found on the ceilings of various late gothic churches in Slovenia. • Note that there are 6 matrices needed in order to define Go.
Slika 20. Operacija Go nad šestkotniki na stropu neke angleške hiše iz 18. stoletja. Strawberry Fields Gothic transformation over hexagons on a ceiling of an 18 century mansion in England.
The Gothic Cube • The results of Go on the cube are visible on the left. • We can apply it to any tiling or polyhedron.
Su1 f f v v e e Onedimensional subdivision Su1 • Onedimensional subdivision Su1 inserts a vertex in the midpoint of each edge. • The resulting map is bipartite.
More Composite Transformations • We extend our table of composite operations
Representations of flag systems • Let F be a flag system and let r:VF! V be a vertex representation. We can extend the representation in the following way. • For each element e from E or (F) • r(e) = apex{r(v)| v ~ e}.
A Local Example • The pattern on the left can be obtained from a usual hexagonal tiling:
The Seattle Transformation MetaSeattle = { {Metaef,Metavf2,Metaf}, {Metaef,Metae2f,Metavf}, {Metae,Metave,Metavf}, {Metav,Metave,Metavf}, {Metae,Metae2f,Metavf}, {Metaef,Metavf2,Metavf} }; Seattle[m_SurfaceMap] := TransformS[MetaSeattle,m];
Matrices and representations • Let F be a flag system with representation r and let T be a transformation (defined by some set of matrices). • R can be extended to a representation of T(F) as follows: • The interpretation r on T(F) is determined in three steps: • Using matrices we get the first representation. • We keep only the vertex part • We extend it by the apex construction to the final representation.
The Möbius-Kantor graph • Here is the generalized Petersen graph G(8,3), also known as the Möbius-Kantor graph. It is the Levi graph of the Möbius-Kantor configuration, the only (83) configuration.
The Möbius-Kantor graph, Map M on the surface of genus 2. • The Möbius-Kantor graph gives rise to the only cubic regular map M of genus 2 (of type {3,8}) . The faces are octagons. • We are showing the Figure 3.6c of Coxeter and Moser. • The fundamental polygon is abcda-1 b-1 c-1 d-1
Co(M) = Du(BS(M)) = Du(Su2(Su1(M))). • The skeleton of Co(M) is a trivalent graph on 96 vertices. It is the Cayley graph for the group • <x,y,z| x2 = y2 = z2 = (xz)2 = (yz)3= (xz)4=1> • This is Tucker’s group, the ONLY group of genus 2.
My Project at Colgate • I am working with a sculptor, two arts students and math students to build a model of this Cayley graph on a double torus.