On minimizers of the maximal distance functional for a planar convex closed smooth curve

Authors Danila Cherkashin, A. S. Gordeev, G. A. Strukov, Y. I. Teplitskaya

Publication date 20 November 2020

Abstract: Fix a compact

M s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{2}

and

r > 0

. A minimizer of the maximal distance functional is a connected set

S i g m a

of the minimal length, such that [ max_{y in M} dist(y,Sigma) leq r. ] The problem of finding maximal distance minimizers is connected to the Steiner tree problem. In this paper we consider the case of a convex closed curve

M

, with the minimal radius of curvature greater than

r

(it implies that

M

is smooth). The first part is devoted to statements on structure of

S i g m a

: we show that the closure of an arbitrary connected component of

B_{r} (M) c a p S i g m a

is a local Steiner tree which connects no more than five vertices. In the second part we "derive in the picture". Assume that the left and right neighborhoods of

y i n M

are contained in

r

-neighborhoods of different points

x_{1}

,

x_{2} i n S i g m a

. We write conditions on the behavior of

S i g m a

in the neighborhoods of

x_{1}

and

x_{2}

under the assumption by moving

y

along

M

.

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