Dowker-type theorems for hyperconvex discs

Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Spherical and hyperbolic convexity (52A55)

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A well-known theorem of \textit{C. H. Dowker} [Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 50, 120--122 (1944; Zbl 0061.37806)] says that the maximum area of \(n\)-gons inscribed in a planar convex body \(K\) is a concave function of \(n\), and that the minimum area of \(n\)-gons circumscribed about \(K\) is a convex function of \(n\). Here, the area can be replaced by the perimeter. In the present paper, the authors prove analogous results, with \(K\) replaced by a hyperconvex disc of radius \(r\) and the \(n\)-gons replaced by convex disc-\(n\)-gons of radius \(r\). Hyperconvex discs (disc-\(n\)-gons) of radius \(r\) are intersections, with interior points, of closed circular discs of radius \(r\) (of finitely many such discs, and with \(n\) vertices). A further result concerns hyperconvex discs with \(k\)-fold rotational symmetry. The extension of the results to the sphere and the hyperbolic plane is also discussed.

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