A note on Hurwitz's inequality
A note on Hurwitz's inequality
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jmaa.2017.09.017
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发表时间:
2017-04
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
J. Cuf'i;E. Gallego;A. Revent'os
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作者:
J. Cuf'i;E. Gallego;A. Revent'os
Given a simple closed plane curve Γ of length L enclosing a compact convex set K of area F, Hurwitz found an upper bound for the isoperimetric deficit, namely L 2− 4 π F≤ π| F e|, where F e is the algebraic area enclosed by the evolute of Γ. In this note we improve this inequality finding strictly positive lower bounds for the deficit π| F e|− Δ, where Δ= L 2− 4 π F. These bounds involve either the visual angle of Γ or the pedal curve associated to K with respect to the Steiner point of K or the L 2 distance between K and the Steiner disk of K. For compact convex sets of constant width Hurwitz's inequality can be improved to L 2− 4 π F≤ 4 9 π| F e|. In this case we also get strictly positive lower bounds for the deficit 4 9 π| F e|− Δ. For each established inequality we study when equality holds. This occurs for those compact convex sets being bounded by a curve parallel to an hypocycloid of 3, 4 or 5 cusps or the Minkowski sum of this kind of sets.