Another Veech triangle

Hooper, W.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-2012-11379-6

Another Veech triangle
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Abstract:

We show that the triangle with angles $\frac {\pi }{12}$, $\frac {\pi }{3}$, and $\frac {7 \pi }{12}$ has the lattice property and we compute this triangle’s Veech group.

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