Extremal problems for convex polygons

  • Authors:
  • Charles Audet;Pierre Hansen;Frédéric Messine

  • Affiliations:
  • École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada;HEC Montréal, Montreal, Canada H3T 2A7;ENSEEIHT-IRIT, Toulouse, France 31071

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Global Optimization
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Consider a convex polygon V n with n sides, perimeter P n , diameter D n , area A n , sum of distances between vertices S n and width W n . Minimizing or maximizing any of these quantities while fixing another defines 10 pairs of extremal polygon problems (one of which usually has a trivial solution or no solution at all). We survey research on these problems, which uses geometrical reasoning increasingly complemented by global optimization methods. Numerous open problems are mentioned, as well as series of test problems for global optimization and non-linear programming codes.