The Number of Sides of a Parallelogram

We define parallelograms of base a and b in a group. They appear as minimal relators in a presentation of a subgroup with generators a and b. In a Lie group they are realized as closed polygonal lines, with sides being orbits of left-invariant vector fields. We estimate the number of sides of parall...

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Main Authors: Elisha Falbel, Pierre-Vincent Koseleff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science 1999-01-01
Series:Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
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Online Access:https://dmtcs.episciences.org/251/pdf