Fermat's spiral and the line between Yin and Yang
Combinatorics
2011-10-11 v2
Abstract
Let denote a disk of unit area. We call a subset of perfect if it has measure 1/2 and, with respect to any axial symmetry of , the maximal symmetric subset of has measure 1/4. We call a curve in an yin-yang line if splits into two congruent perfect sets, crosses each concentric circle of twice, crosses each radius of once. We prove that Fermat's spiral is a unique yin-yang line in the class of smooth curves algebraic in polar coordinates.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0902.1556,
title = {Fermat's spiral and the line between Yin and Yang},
author = {Taras Banakh and Oleg Verbitsky and Yaroslav Vorobets},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.1556},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
20 pages, 7 figures. In the 2nd version, a minor correction is made