Invariant-center integrals conjecture for polygon maps and vector fields

Let ftf_t be the maps on planar polygon spaces and let ξ\xi be the vector field. The polygons evolving under these maps and under the flow of ξ\xi appear to move around invariant centers. Invariant-center integrals conjecture. For every nn, the maps ftf_t and the vector field ξ\xi possess two additional integrals, independent of tt, whose values are the coordinates of these centers. The conjecture is motivated by numerical figures suggesting bounded motion around invariant centers; no proof or resolution is given.

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Maxim Arnold, Lael Costa and Serge Tabachnikov, “A family of maps and a vector field on plane polygons”, arXiv:2402.15848 (2024).

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