Width deviation of convex polygons

DOI10.1007/S00454-023-00545-6MaRDI QIDQ6388507zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Shigeki Akiyama, Teturo Kamae

Publication date 17 January 2022

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-023-00545-6

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05)

Abstract: We consider the width $X_T(omega)$ of a convex $n$-gon $T$ in the plane along the random direction $omegainmathbbR/2pimathbbZ$ and study its deviation rate: ${\displaystyle }$ delta(X_T)=frac{sqrt{mathbb{E}(X^2_T)-mathbb{E}(X_T)^2}}{mathbb{E}(X_T)}. ${\displaystyle }$ We prove that the maximum is attained if and only if $T$ degenerates to a $2$-gon. Let $ngeq2$ be an integer which is not a power of $2$. We show that ${\displaystyle }$ sqrt{frac{pi}{4n an(frac{pi}{2n})} +frac{pi^2}{8n^2sin^2(frac{pi}{2n})}-1} ${\displaystyle }$ is the minimum of $delta(X_T)$ among all $n$-gons and determine completely the shapes of $T$'s which attain this minimum. They are characterized as polygonal approximations of equi-Reuleaux bodies, found and studied by K.~Reinhardt. In particular, if $n$ is odd, then the regular $n$-gon is one of the minimum shapes. When $n$ is even, we see that regular $n$-gon is far from optimal.We also observe an unexpected property of the deviation rate on the truncation of the regular triangle.

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