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Lattice paths on snake graphs for q-deformed rationals

Jérôme Germoni
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We give an elementary, straightforward proof of Ovenhouse's interpretation of the denominator and the numerator of a (right) q-deformed rational in terms of weighted lattice paths on a ''snake graph'', and we give an analogous result for the left q-deformed rational introduced by Bapat, Becker, and Licata. The key ingredient is a simple formula for the q-deformation of the matrix of the composition of two homographies of the form z $\rightarrow$ a + 1/z.

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Jérôme Germoni. 2026-10-07. Lattice paths on snake graphs for q-deformed rationals. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.09953

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