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Exact generating function for 2-convex polygons

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 نشر من قبل Iwan Jensen
 تاريخ النشر 2008
  مجال البحث
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Polygons are described as almost-convex if their perimeter differs from the perimeter of their minimum bounding rectangle by twice their `concavity index, $m$. Such polygons are called emph{$m$-convex} polygons and are characterised by having up to $m$ indentations in their perimeter. We first describe how we conjectured the (isotropic) generating function for the case $m=2$ using a numerical procedure based on series expansions. We then proceed to prove this result for the more general case of the full anisotropic generating function, in which steps in the $x$ and $y$ direction are distinguished. In so doing, we develop tools that would allow for the case $m > 2$ to be studied. %In our proof we use a `divide and conquer approach, factorising 2-convex %polygons by extending a line along the base of its indents. We then use %the inclusion-exclusion principle, the Hadamard product and extensions to %known methods to derive the generating functions for each case.



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