Small polygons with large area
Christian Bingane, Michael J. Mossinghoff

TL;DR
This paper improves the lower bounds on the maximum area of small polygons with an even number of sides greater than or equal to 14, refining asymptotic estimates and confirming optimality for certain small cases.
Contribution
It provides an improved lower bound for the maximal area of small polygons with even sides n ≥ 14, refining the asymptotic expansion's 1/n^3 term.
Findings
New lower bounds for n ≥ 14
Optimal polygons identified for n=6,8,10,12
Refinement of asymptotic expansion terms
Abstract
A polygon is \textit{small} if it has unit diameter. The maximal area of a small polygon with a fixed number of sides is not known when is even and . We determine an improved lower bound for the maximal area of a small -gon for this case. The improvement affects the term of an asymptotic expansion; prior advances affected less significant terms. This bound cannot be improved by more than . For , , , and , the polygon we construct has maximal area.
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TopicsComputational Geometry and Mesh Generation · Mathematics and Applications · Optimization and Packing Problems
