The DNA inequality in non-convex regions

DOI10.1515/ADVGEOM.2010.008zbMATH Open1196.53005arXiv0801.1929OpenAlexW2963529236MaRDI QIDQ3559657FDOQ3559657

Authors: Eric Larson 

Publication date: 6 May 2010

Published in: advg (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A simple plane closed curve $Gamma$ satisfies the DNA Inequality if the average curvature of any closed curve contained inside $Gamma$ exceeds the average curvature of $Gamma$. In 1997 Lagarias and Richardson proved that all convex curves satisfy the DNA Inequality and asked whether this is true for any non-convex curve. They conjectured that the DNA Inequality holds for certain L-shaped curves. In this paper, we disprove this conjecture for all L-Shapes and construct a large class of non-convex curves for which the DNA Inequality holds. We also give a polynomial-time procedure for determining whether any specific curve in a much larger class satisfies the DNA Inequality.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.1929

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zbMATH Keywords

average curvatureL-shaped polygonsseparable polygon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04)

Cites Work

• Convexity and the average curvature of plane curves

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