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A periodicity theorem for the octahedron recurrence

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The octahedron recurrence lives on a 3-dimensional lattice and is given by f(x,y,t+1)=(f(x+1,y,t)f(x−1,y,t)+f(x,y+1,t)f(x,y−1,t))/f(x,y,t−1) . In this paper, we investigate a variant of this recurrence which lives in a lattice contained in [0,m]×[0,n]×R . Following Speyer, we give an explicit non-recursive formula for the values of this recurrence and use it to prove that it is periodic of period n+m. We then proceed to show various other hidden symmetries satisfied by this bounded octahedron recurrence.

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10.1007/s10801-006-0045-0

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Mathematical Institute
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Publisher:
Springer
Journal:
Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics More from this journal
Volume:
26
Issue:
1
Pages:
1–26
Publication date:
2007-01-09
Acceptance date:
2006-10-26
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EISSN:
1572-9192
ISSN:
0925-9899


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693827
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2017-05-08

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