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Norman J. Wildberger

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arXiv2022

Super Catalan Numbers and Fourier Summation over Finite Fields

We study polynomial summation over unit circles over finite fields of odd characteristic, obtaining a purely algebraic integration theory without recourse to infinite procedures. There are nonetheless strong parallels to classical integration theory over a circle, and we show that the super Catalan numbers and closely related rational numbers lie at the heart of both theories. This gives a uniform analytic meaning to these up to now somewhat mysterious numbers. Our derivation utilises the three-fold symmetry of chromogeometry between Euclidean and relativistic geometries, and we find that the Fourier summation formulas we derive in these two different settings are closely connected.

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arXiv2006

Affine and projective universal geometry

By recasting metrical geometry in a purely algebraic setting, both Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries can be studied over a general field with an arbitrary quadratic form. Both an affine and a projective version of this new theory are introduced here, and the main formulas extend those of rational trigonometry in the plane. This gives a unified, computational model of both spherical and hyperbolic geometries, allows the extension of many results of Euclidean geometry to the relativistic setting, and provides a new metrical approach to algebraic geometry.

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arXiv2005

Diamond representations of $\mathfrak{sl}(n)$

In \cite{W}, there is a graphic description of any irreducible, finite dimensional $\mathfrak{sl}(3)$ module. This construction, called diamond representation is very simple and can be easily extended to the space of irreducible finite dimensional ${\mathcal U}\_q(\mathfrak{sl}(3))$-modules. In the present work, we generalize this construction to $\mathfrak{sl}(n)$. We show this is in fact a description of the reduced shape algebra, a quotient of the shape algebra of $\mathfrak{sl}(n)$. The basis used in \cite{W} is thus naturally parametrized with the so called quasi standard Young tableaux. To compute the matrix coefficients of the representation in this basis, it is possible to use Groebner basis for the ideal of reduced Plücker relations defining the reduced shape algebra.

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