Extremal problems for convex curves with a given self Chebyshev radius (Q2038640): Difference between revisions

Let \(P\) be a nonempty bounded subset in the Euclidean plane \(\mathbb{R}^2\). Let us denote by \(\delta(P)\) the smallest radius of a ball having its center in \(P\) and covering \(P\). \textit{R. Walter} proved [Minimax Theory Appl. 2, No. 2, 285--318 (2017; Zbl 1380.51012)] that \(L(\Gamma)\geq 2\sqrt{3}\; \delta(\Gamma)\) for each triangle \(P\), where \(\Gamma\) is the boundary of \(P\) and \(L(\Gamma)\) is the length of \(\Gamma\). The equality holds exactly for equilateral triangles. He also conjectured \(L(\Gamma)\geq \pi\; \delta(\Gamma)\) for any closed convex curve \(\Gamma\) in \(\mathbb{R}^2\), and proved the conjecture when \(\Gamma\) is a convex closed curve of class \(C^2\) and all curvature centers of \(\Gamma\) lie in the interior of the curve. The authors give an explicit expression of \(\delta(\Gamma)\) as a function of the angles and the lengths of the sides (Theorem 2), and use it to present a simplified proof of the mentioned result for the triangle. They also prove that \(L(\Gamma)\leq (2+\pi) \delta (\Gamma)\) for any closed curve \(\Gamma\) (Theorem 3), with equality exactly for sets made of the union of half-circle of radius \(r\) and a line segment of length \(2r\). If \(P\) is a convex \(n\)-gon (\(n\geq 2\)) with boundary \(\Gamma\), then (Theorem 4): \[ L(\Gamma) \leq 2\left(1+(n-1)\sin (\tfrac{\pi}{2(n-1)}) \right)\; \delta(\Gamma), \] and a \(n\)-gon that achieves the equality is presented. Finally, an open problem related to those above is proposed in the last section.