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Extremal Values of Pi

Metric Geometry 2022-09-28 v2

Abstract

We discuss the classical results of Stanis{\l}aw Go\l\k{a}b, on the values of pi in arbitrary normed planes, including the classification of extremal values. We reprove the result of J. Duncan, D. Luecking, and C. McGregor, which states that any norm with quarter-turn symmetry has pi-value π\geq \pi. We also show that a norm is Euclidean iff it has quarter-turn symmetry in some basis and has pi-value π\pi.

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@article{arxiv.2107.07715,
  title  = {Extremal Values of Pi},
  author = {Nikhil Henry Bukowski Sahoo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.07715},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

15 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in The American Mathematical Monthly

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