Distributions of points on non-extensible closed curves in R^3 realizing maximum energies

Abstract: Let

G_{n}

be a non-extensible, flexible closed curve of length

n

in the 3-space

R^{3}

with

n

particles

A_{1}

,...,

A_{n}

evenly fixed (according to the arc length of

G_{n}

) on the curve. Let

f : (0, i n f t y) o R

be an increasing and continuous function. Define an energy function

E^f_n(G_n)= sum_{p< q} f(|A_pA_q|),

where

| A_{p} A_{q} |

is the distance between

A_{p}

and

A_{q}

in

R^{3}

. We address a natural and interesting problem: {it What is the shape of

G_{n}

when

E_{n}^{f} (G_{n})

reaches the maximum? } In many natural cases, one such case being

f (t) = t^{a} l p h a

with

0 < a l p h a l e 2

, the maximizers are regular

n

-gons and in all cases the maximizers are (possibly degenerate) convex

n

-gons with each edge of length 1.

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