Leinster–Willerton planar magnitude conjecture

Let XR2X\subseteq\mathbb{R}^2 be a compact set suitable for the perimeter and classical Euler characteristic to be defined. Here tX|tX| denotes the magnitude of the dilation of XX by the factor tt, and Area(X){\rm Area}(X), Perim(X){\rm Perim}(X), and χ(X)\chi(X) denote its area, perimeter, and classical Euler characteristic. Leinster–Willerton's conjecture. As tt\to\infty,

tX=12πArea(X)t2+14Perim(X)t+χ(X)+o(1).|tX|=\frac{1}{2\pi}{\rm Area}(X)t^2+\frac{1}{4}{\rm Perim}(X)t+\chi(X)+o(1).

The conjecture predicts that the asymptotic magnitude of a suitable planar compact set records area, perimeter, and Euler characteristic. The supplied context presents numerical and parallel metric evidence, but gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Juan Antonio Barcelo and Anthony Carbery, “On the magnitudes of compact sets in Euclidean spaces”, arXiv:1507.02502 (2016).

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