On the integrability of the shift map on twisted pentagram spirals

GM Beffa�- Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
GM Beffa
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 2015iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we prove that the shift map defined on the moduli space of twisted pentagram
spirals of type $(N, 1) $ possesses a non-standard Lax representation with an associated
monodromy whose conjugation class is preserved by the map. We prove this by finding a
coordinate system in the moduli space of twisted spirals, writing the map in terms of the
coordinates and associating a natural parameter-free non-standard Lax representation. We
then show that the map is invariant under the action of a one-parameter group on the moduli�…
Abstract
In this paper we prove that the shift map defined on the moduli space of twisted pentagram spirals of type possesses a non-standard Lax representation with an associated monodromy whose conjugation class is preserved by the map. We prove this by finding a coordinate system in the moduli space of twisted spirals, writing the map in terms of the coordinates and associating a natural parameter-free non-standard Lax representation. We then show that the map is invariant under the action of a one-parameter group on the moduli space of twisted spirals, which allows us to construct the Lax pair. We also show that the monodromy defines an associated Riemann surface that is preserved by the map. We use this fact to generate invariants of the shift map.
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