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A Four-Vertex Theorem for Frieze Patterns?

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Acknowledgments

It is a pleasure to acknowledge stimulating discussions with S. Morier-Genoud, V. Ovsienko, I. Pak, and R. Schwartz. And many thanks to M. Cuntz for providing his (counter)examples. This work was supported by NSF grant DMS-1510055.

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Tabachnikov, S. A Four-Vertex Theorem for Frieze Patterns?. Math Intelligencer 40, 14–18 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-018-9832-4

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