Spectral determination of semi-regular polygons

DOI10.4310/JDG/1675712993MaRDI QIDQ6158160zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alberto Enciso, Javier Gómez-Serrano

Publication date 31 May 2023

Published in Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.05960, https://projecteuclid.org/journals/journal-of-differential-geometry/volume-122/issue-3/Spectral-determination-of-semi-regular-polygons/10.4310/jdg/1675712993.full

zbMATH Keywords

convex polygonsinverse spectral problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs on graphs and networks (ramified or polygonal spaces) (35R02) Generalized quadrangles and generalized polygons in finite geometry (51E12) Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Spectral problems; spectral geometry; scattering theory on manifolds (58J50)

Abstract: Let us say that an $n$-sided polygon is semi-regular if it is circumscriptible and its angles are all equal but possibly one, which is then larger than the rest. Regular polygons, in particular, are semi-regular. We prove that semi-regular polygons are spectrally determined in the class of convex piecewise smooth domains. Specifically, we show that if $Omega$ is a convex piecewise smooth planar domain, possibly with straight corners, whose Dirichlet or Neumann spectrum coincides with that of an $n$-sided semi-regular polygon $P_n$, then $Omega$ is congruent to $P_n$.

Review text

In this paper the characterization of a class of convex polygons by their area, perimeter and a third geometric quantity is considered. To illustrate the main result, we first introduce two definitions. For a convex \(n\)-sided polygon \(P\), define \(S(P)\) as \[ S(P):=\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{\pi^2-\theta_k^2}{\theta_k}, \] where \(\theta_k\in(0,\pi)\) with \(1\leq k\leq n\) are the interior angles of the polygon \(P\). A convex polygon is called semi-regular if it is circumscriptible, and its angles are all equal but possibly one which is larger than the rest. The main result of this paper says that: Let \(P\) be a semi-regular polygon and \(Q\) a convex polygon. If they have the same area, perimeter and quantity \(S\), then they are congruent. It is already known that in the class of polygons with a fixed number of sides, regular polygons are characterized by their area and perimeter. The new result says that when the number of sides is allowed to vary, the area and perimeter are not enough. One needs a third geometric quantity. The proof of this result is achieved by considering a constrained maximization problem whose maximizer happens to be a semi-regular polygon. As an application, the authors obtain the following spectral determination result: If \(\Omega\) is a convex piecewise smooth bounded planar domain, possibly with straight corners, and its Dirichlet or Neumann spectrum coincides with that of a semi-regular polygon \(P\), then \(\Omega\) is congruent to \(P\).

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