Francesca Aicardi

  1. Projective geometry from Poisson algebras.

    Authors: Francesca Aicardi
    Subjects: General Mathematics
    Abstract

    In analogy with the Poisson algebra of the quadratic forms on the symplectic
    plane, and the notion of duality in the projective plane introduced by Arnold,
    where the concurrence of the triangle altitudes is deduced from the Jacobi
    identity, we consider the Poisson algebras of the first degree harmonics on the
    sphere, the pseudo-sphere and on the hyperboloid, to obtain analogous duality
    notions and similar results for the spherical, pseudo-spherical and hyperbolic
    geometry.

  2. Rational tangles and the modular group.

    Authors: Francesca Aicardi
    Subjects: Geometric Topology
    Abstract

    There is a natural way to associate with a transformation of an isotopy class
    of rational tangles to another, an element of the modular group. The
    correspondence between the isotopy classes of rational tangles and rational
    numbers follows, as well as the relation with the braid group $B_3$.

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