English

Fermat's spiral and the line between Yin and Yang

Combinatorics 2011-10-11 v2

Abstract

Let DD denote a disk of unit area. We call a subset AA of DD perfect if it has measure 1/2 and, with respect to any axial symmetry of DD, the maximal symmetric subset of AA has measure 1/4. We call a curve β\beta in DD an yin-yang line if β\beta splits DD into two congruent perfect sets, β\beta crosses each concentric circle of DD twice, β\beta crosses each radius of DD once. We prove that Fermat's spiral is a unique yin-yang line in the class of smooth curves algebraic in polar coordinates.

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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