Ehrhart-function criterion for arbitrary equidecomposability

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Let SS and S′S' be bounded subsets of R2\mathbb{R}^2 with Δ\Delta-complex decompositions T\mathcal{T} and T′\mathcal{T}', respectively. Let ehr⁡S(t)\operatorname{ehr}_S(t) denote the Ehrhart function of SS. An equidecomposability relation is a map

F:(S,T)→(S′,T′).\mathcal{F}:(S,\mathcal{T})\to(S',\mathcal{T}').

Ehrhart-function conjecture. There exists an equidecomposability relation F:(S,T)→(S′,T′)\mathcal{F}:(S,\mathcal{T})\to(S',\mathcal{T}') if and only if

ehr⁡S(t)=ehr⁡S′(t).\operatorname{ehr}_S(t)=\operatorname{ehr}_{S'}(t).

The conjecture proposes that the Ehrhart function completely characterizes equidecomposability when arbitrary decompositions, including potentially infinite or otherwise unrestricted ones, are allowed. The source gives no resolution.

References

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Paxton Turner and Yuhuai Wu, “Discrete Equidecomposability and Ehrhart Theory of Polygons”, arXiv:1412.0196 (2014).

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