Leinster–Willerton planar magnitude conjecture

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Let X⊆R2X\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 t→∞t\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.

References

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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