Caterpillar classification conjecture for Penrose caterpillars
Caterpillar classification conjecture for Penrose caterpillars
Let be a Penrose caterpillar, let be the graded poset of caterpillars used in the source, and let transform a Penrose caterpillar by replacing each relevant subpath along the hull of a boat with the corresponding subpath along the top of the boat. Write for its derived path. Caterpillar classification conjecture. belongs to one of the following two sets:
(i) belongs to the graded poset .
(ii) There exists a caterpillar such that the derived path is included in the derived path , up to isomorphism.
The conjecture is intended to describe the possible shapes of fully leafed Penrose trees through the family of Penrose caterpillars and the boat-path transformation. The source states no result resolving this classification.
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Primary source
Carole Porrier, Alain Goupil and Alexandre Blondin Massé, “The Leaf Function of Penrose P2 Graphs”, arXiv:2312.08262 (2025).
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