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Number of triangulations of a Möbius strip

Véronique Bazier-Matte, Ruiyan Huang and Hanyi Luo

Vol. 16 (2023), No. 4, 547–562
Abstract

Consider a Möbius strip with n chosen points on its boundary. A triangulation is a maximal collection of arcs among these points and cuts the strip into triangles and quasi-triangles. We prove that the number of all triangulations that one can obtain from a Möbius strip with n chosen points on its boundary is given by 4n1 + 2n2 n1 . We then connect our finding with the number of clusters in the quasi-cluster algebra arising from the Möbius strip.

Keywords
quasi-cluster algebras
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 13F60
Milestones
Received: 12 September 2020
Revised: 29 July 2022
Accepted: 5 August 2022
Published: 31 October 2023

Communicated by Kenneth S. Berenhaut
Authors
Véronique Bazier-Matte
Département de Mathématiques et de Statistiques
Université Laval
Québec, QC
Canada
Ruiyan Huang
Yale University
New Haven, CT
United States
Hanyi Luo
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA
United States