Homothetic packings of centrally symmetric convex bodies

DOI10.1007/S10711-022-00675-WzbMATH Open1481.52010arXiv2011.03436OpenAlexW4206917490MaRDI QIDQ2071817FDOQ2071817

Sean Dewar

Publication date: 31 January 2022

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A centrally symmetric convex body is a convex compact set with non-empty interior that is symmetric about the origin. Of particular interest are those that are both smooth and strictly convex -- known here as regular symmetric bodies -- since they retain many of the useful properties of the $d$-dimensional Euclidean ball. We prove that for any given regular symmetric body $C$, a homothetic packing of copies of $C$ with randomly chosen radii will have a $(2,2)$-sparse planar contact graph. We further prove that there exists a comeagre set of centrally symmetric convex bodies $C$ where any $(2,2)$-sparse planar graph can be realised as the contact graph of a stress-free homothetic packing of $C$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.03436

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zbMATH Keywords

infinitesimal rigiditynormed spacescentrally symmetric convex bodiesconvex body packingsregular symmetric body

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25) Packing and covering in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C15)

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