On the perimeters of simple polygons contained in a plane convex body

DOI10.1007/S13366-012-0120-8zbMATH Open1278.52007arXiv1003.2944OpenAlexW3105130673MaRDI QIDQ375932FDOQ375932

Zsolt Lángi

Publication date: 1 November 2013

Published in: Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A simple n-gon is a polygon with n edges such that each vertex belongs to exactly two edges and every other point belongs to at most one edge. Brass, Moser and Pach asked the following question: For n > 3 odd, what is the maximum perimeter of a simple n-gon contained in a Euclidean unit disk? In 2009, Audet, Hansen and Messine answered this question, and showed that the supremum is the perimeter of an isosceles triangle inscribed in the disk, with an edge of multiplicity n-2. L'angi generalized their result for polygons contained in a hyperbolic disk. In this note we find the supremum of the perimeters of simple n-gons contained in an arbitrary plane convex body in the Euclidean or in the hyperbolic plane.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.2944

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zbMATH Keywords

perimeterisoperimetric problemcircumcirclesimple polygon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Isoperimetric problems for polytopes (52B60) Spherical and hyperbolic convexity (52A55)

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• Research Problems in Discrete Geometry
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