The asymptotic Poncelet n-gon proportion conjecture for conic pairs

Let qq be a prime power, and let τn\tau_n denote a constant associated with the Poncelet nn-gon condition. Consider pairs of conics in P2(Fq)\mathbf P^2(\mathbb F_q) satisfying that condition.

Poncelet n-gon proportion conjecture. The proportion of conic pairs in P2(Fq)\mathbf P^2(\mathbb F_q) satisfying the Poncelet nn-gon condition is asymptotically equal to

τnq,\frac{\tau_n}{q},

for some integer value τn\tau_n.

The paper notes that τ3=1\tau_3=1 follows from its main theorem. The conjecture is motivated by computational experiments, but the general asymptotic statement and the values of τn\tau_n remain open.

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Jaydeep Chipalkatti, “On the Poncelet triangle condition over finite fields”, arXiv:1604.00436 (2016).

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