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The Isoperimetric Problem in a Lattice of $\mathbb{H}^3$

Computational Geometry 2019-11-21 v2

Abstract

The isoperimetric problem is one of the oldest in geometry and it consists of finding a surface of minimum area that encloses a given volume VV. It is particularly important in physics because of its strong relation with stability, and this also involves the study of phenomena in non-Euclidean spaces. Of course, such spaces cannot be customized for lab experiments but we can resort to computational simulations, and one of the mostly used softwares for this purpose is the Surface Evolver. In this paper we use it to study the isoperimetric problem in a lattice of the three dimensional hyperbolic space. More precisely: up to isometries, there exists a unique tesselation of H3\mathbb{H}^3 by non-ideal cubes C\mathcal{C}. Now let Ω\Omega be a connected isoperimetric region inside the non-ideal hyperbolic cube C\mathcal{C}. Under weak assumptions on graph and symmetry we find all numerical solutions Σ=Ω\Sigma=\partial\Omega of the isoperimetric problem in C\mathcal{C}.

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@article{arxiv.1911.06264,
  title  = {The Isoperimetric Problem in a Lattice of $\mathbb{H}^3$},
  author = {Guillermo Lobos and Alvaro Hancco and Valério Ramos Batista},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.06264},
  year   = {2019}
}