Minimal self-similar Peano curve of genus \(5 \times 5\) (Q2243724)

One can begin with the authors' abstract: ``The paper presents a plane regular fractal Peano curve with a Euclidean square-to-line ratio (\(L_2\)-locality) of \(5 \frac{43}{73}\), which is minimal among all known curves of this class. The presented curve has a fractal genus of \(25\). Performed calculations allow us to state that all the other regular curves with a fractal genus not exceeding \(36\) have a strictly greater square-to-line ratio.'' In a brief survey of this paper, plane Peano curves (space-filling curves), the square-to-linear ratio (SLR) of the curve, and regular Peano fractal curves, as well as the fractal genus of a curve, the Hilbert curve, and regular Peano fractal curves, are considered. In addition, such notions as isometric curves, a \(k\)th-order junction, the reduced square-to-linear ratio of the junction, the reduced SLR of the curve, the basic transformation of a fraction, the prototype of a curve, the entrance of a curve, the transition broken line, etc., are described. Presented investigations are given with explanations. Algorithms for estimating the square-to-linear ratio of a curve and the minimum SLR in the class of curves with given transition broken line, are described. Finally, a special attention is given to some open directions in the topic of the present investigations.