Area Minimization Among Group-Invariant Planar Convex Bodies of Constant Width
Abstract
The classical Blaschke--Lebesgue theorem identifies the Reuleaux triangle as the planar convex body of constant width with minimum area. We investigate this extremal problem under prescribed symmetry constraints. Specifically, we classify the minimum-area convex bodies of constant width that are invariant under a finite group of isometries of fixing the origin. For the exceptional reflection group , the minimizers are precisely the Reuleaux triangles invariant under the prescribed reflection. If contains the half-turn , the disk is the unique minimizer. For odd , the minimizers are regular Reuleaux -gons, unique up to rotation in the cyclic case , and exactly those satisfying the prescribed reflection symmetry in the dihedral case .
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@article{arxiv.2608.05125,
title = {Area Minimization Among Group-Invariant Planar Convex Bodies of Constant Width},
author = {Javier Falco and Sergii Myroshnychenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.05125},
year = {2026}
}
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19 pages, 2 figures