Eisenstein isoperimetric inequality for Fibonacci colorings

Let β=a+bα\beta=a+b\alpha and β=a+bα\beta'=a'+b'\alpha be primitive Eisenstein integers, and write ββ\beta\preceq\beta' when bbb\leq b'. Let β\beta be a Fibonacci Eisenstein integer, let β(0,1)\beta'\in(0,1) be a different Eisenstein integer with ββ\beta\preceq\beta', and let T(β){\cal T}(\beta') be the associated triangulation. Let C=C(β){\cal C}={\cal C}(\beta) be the continued-fraction coloring associated with β\beta, and let C{\cal C}' be an arbitrary good coloring of T(β){\cal T}(\beta'). For a coloring D{\cal D}, let η(D)=f2/F\eta({\cal D})=f^2/F. Eisenstein isoperimetric inequality for Fibonacci colorings. One should have

η(C)<η(C).\eta({\cal C})<\eta({\cal C}').

The claim is motivated by computations for the first ten examples and by examples in which the continued-fraction coloring minimizes the fold count. It would establish the Eisenstein isoperimetric inequality within the continued-fraction family, but the source reports no proof.

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Richard Evan Schwartz, “Continued Fractions and the 4-Color Theorem”, arXiv:2208.05254 (2026).

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