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Rotundus: Triangulations, Chebyshev Polynomials, and Pfaffians

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Sophie Morier-Genoud, Sergei Tabachnikov, and Richard Schwartz for enlightening discussions. C. C. was partially supported by Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant 207736.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76203, USA

    Charles H. Conley

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Mathématiques, U.F.R. Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims Cedex 2, France

    Valentin Ovsienko

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Conley, C.H., Ovsienko, V. Rotundus: Triangulations, Chebyshev Polynomials, and Pfaffians. Math Intelligencer 40, 45–50 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-017-9753-7

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