Most Reinhardt polygons are sporadic
Metric Geometry
2014-10-28 v2 Combinatorics
Number Theory
Abstract
A \textit{Reinhardt polygon} is a convex -gon that, for not a power of , is optimal in three different geometric optimization problems, for example, it has maximal perimeter relative to its diameter. Some such polygons exhibit a particular periodic structure; others are termed \textit{sporadic}. Prior work has described the periodic case completely, and has shown that sporadic Reinhardt polygons occur for all of the form with and distinct odd primes and . We show that (dihedral equivalence classes of) sporadic Reinhardt polygons outnumber the periodic ones for almost all , and find that this first occurs at . We also determine a formula for the number of sporadic Reinhardt polygons when with and distinct odd primes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1405.5233,
title = {Most Reinhardt polygons are sporadic},
author = {Kevin G. Hare and Michael J. Mossinghoff},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.5233},
year = {2014}
}
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18 pages