Concavity conjecture for maximal-area disk-polygons

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Let CC be a circle of radius r<1r<1, and let PnP_n be an nn-sided disk-polygon of largest area inscribed in CC.

Concavity conjecture for maximal-area disk-polygons. For all n≥4n\geq 4,

Area⁡(Pn−1)+Area⁡(Pn+1)<2Area⁡(Pn).\operatorname{Area}(P_{n-1})+\operatorname{Area}(P_{n+1})<2\operatorname{Area}(P_n).

The paper proves this inequality for odd nn with n≥5n\geq 5, but states that its method does not extend straightforwardly to all nn and that no general area formula is known. The conjecture extends the established odd-index case to every n≥4n\geq4.

References

Primary source

Karoly Bezdek, Zsolt Langi, Marton Naszodi and Peter Papez, “Ball-Polyhedra”, arXiv:1110.4329 (2011).

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