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An inequality for the maximum curvature through a geometric flow

Spectral Theory 2015-08-31 v5 Analysis of PDEs Differential Geometry Optimization and Control

Abstract

We provide a new proof of the following inequality: the maximum curvature kmaxk_\mathrm{max} and the enclosed area AA of a smooth Jordan curve satisfy kmaxπ/Ak_\mathrm{max}\ge \sqrt{\pi/A}. The feature of our proof is the use of the curve shortening flow.

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@article{arxiv.1501.03792,
  title  = {An inequality for the maximum curvature through a geometric flow},
  author = {Konstantin Pankrashkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.03792},
  year   = {2015}
}

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2 pages