On the perimeters of simple polygons contained in a disk

DOI10.1007/S00605-010-0214-ZzbMATH Open1208.52003arXiv1002.3922OpenAlexW3098277008MaRDI QIDQ621776FDOQ621776

Authors: Zsolt Lángi 

Publication date: 28 January 2011

Published in: Monatshefte für Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A simple $n$-gon is a polygon with $n$ edges with each vertex belonging to exactly two edges and every other point belonging to at most one edge. Brass asked the following question: For $ngeq5$ 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 optimal configuration is an isosceles triangle with a multiple edge, inscribed in the disk. In this note we give a shorter and simpler proof of their result, which we generalize also for hyperbolic disks, and for spherical disks of sufficiently small radii.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.3922

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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
• Simple polygons of maximum perimeter contained in a unit disk

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