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It has recently been established byWang and Xia [WX] that local minimizers of perimeter within a ball subject to a volume constraint must be spherical caps or planes through the origin. This verifies a conjecture of the authors and is in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-02 Peter Sternberg , Kevin Zumbrun

In this paper we look for the domains minimizing the h-th eigenvalue of the Dirichlet-Laplacian $\lambda$ h with a constraint on the diameter. Existence of an optimal domain is easily obtained, and is attained at a constant width body. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-08 B Bogosel , A Henrot , I Lucardesi

We present filling as a new type of spatial subdivision problem that is related to covering and packing. Filling addresses the optimal placement of overlapping objects lying entirely inside an arbitrary shape so as to cover the most…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-08-29 Carolyn L. Phillips , Joshua A. Anderson , Elizabeth R. Chen , Sharon C. Glotzer

We consider the problem of estimating the volume of a compact domain in a Euclidean space based on a uniform sample from the domain. We assume the domain has a boundary with positive reach. We propose a data splitting approach to correct…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-05-05 Ery Arias-Castro , Beatriz Pateiro-López , Alberto Rodríguez-Casal

We consider methods for finding a simple polygon of minimum (Min-Area) or maximum (Max-Area) possible area for a given set of points in the plane. Both problems are known to be NP-hard; at the center of the recent CG Challenge, practical…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-11-11 Sándor P. Fekete , Andreas Haas , Phillip Keldenich , Michael Perk , Arne Schmidt

Approximating convex bodies is a fundamental problem in geometry. Given a convex body $K$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$ for a fixed dimension $d$, the objective is to minimize the number of facets of an approximating polytope for a given Hausdorff…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Sunil Arya , Guilherme D. da Fonseca , David M. Mount

This paper addresses optimal design problems governed by multi-state stationary diffusion equations, aiming at the simultaneous optimization of the domain shape and the distribution of two isotropic materials in prescribed proportions.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Marko Erceg , Petar Kunštek , Marko Vrdoljak

We study periodic tessellations of the Euclidean space with unequal cells arising from the minimization of perimeter functionals. Existence results and qualitative properties of minimizers are discussed for different classes of problems,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-06-19 Francesco Nobili , Matteo Novaga

The study of bodies of constant width is a classical subject in convex geometry, with the 3-dimensional Meissner bodies being canonical examples. This paper presents a novel geometric construction of a body of constant width in $\mathbb…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Marcela G. Mercado-Flores , Miguel Raggi , Edgardo Roldán-Pensado

We present filling as a type of spatial subdivision problem similar to covering and packing. Filling addresses the optimal placement of overlapping objects lying entirely inside an arbitrary shape so as to cover the most interior volume. In…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-04 Carolyn L. Phillips , Joshua A. Anderson , Greg Huber , Sharon C. Glotzer

In this paper we prove a new extremal property of the Reuleaux triangle: it maximizes the Cheeger constant among all bodies of (same) constant width. The proof relies on a fine analysis of the optimality conditions satisfied by an optimal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-17 Antoine Henrot , Ilaria Lucardesi

The reverse isoperimetric problem asks for existence and properties of bounded convex sets in a Riemannian manifold which maximise the perimeter under all those sets of fixed volume which roll freely in a ball of some given radius. If the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-05 Deniz M. Hamdy , Julian Scheuer

We consider discretized two-dimensional PDE-constrained shape optimization problems, in which shapes are represented by triangular meshes. Given the connectivity, the space of admissible vertex positions was recently identified to be a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-17 Roland Herzog , Estefanía Loayza-Romero

Let $P$ be a planar set of $n$ points in general position. We consider the problem of computing an orientation of the plane for which the Rectilinear Convex Hull of $P$ has minimum area. Bae et al. (Computational Geometry: Theory and…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2017-12-29 Carlos Alegría-Galicia , Tzolkin Garduño , Carlos Seara , Areli Rosas-Navarrete , Jorge Urrutia

We consider the problem of geometric optimisation of the lowest eigenvalue of the Laplacian in the exterior of a compact planar set, subject to attractive Robin boundary conditions. Under either a constraint of fixed perimeter or area, we…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-26 David Krejcirik , Vladimir Lotoreichik

Assume you are given a finite configuration $\Gamma$ of disjoint rectifiable Jordan curves in $\mathbb{R}^n$. The Plateau-Douglas problem asks whether there exists a minimizer of area among all compact surfaces of genus at most $p$ which…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-08-21 Paul Creutz , Martin Fitzi

Topology optimization is concerned with the identification of optimal shapes of deformable bodies with respect to given target functionals. The focus of this paper is on a topology optimization problem for a time-evolving elastoplastic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Stefano Almi , Ulisse Stefanelli

A small polygon is a polygon of unit diameter. The maximal area of a small polygon with $n=2m$ vertices is not known when $m\ge 7$. Finding the largest small $n$-gon for a given number $n\ge 3$ can be formulated as a nonconvex quadratically…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-24 Christian Bingane

We consider a shape optimization problem written in the optimal control form: the governing operator is the $p$-Laplacian in the Euclidean space $\R^d$, the cost is of an integral type, and the control variable is the domain of the state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-28 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Francesco Paolo Maiale , Bozhidar Velichkov

We solve the classical problem of Plateau in the setting of proper metric spaces. Precisely, we prove that among all disc-type surfaces with prescribed Jordan boundary in a proper metric space there exists an area minimizing disc which…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-11-23 Alexander Lytchak , Stefan Wenger