• Title of article

    The minimum diameter octagon with unit-length sides: Vinczeʹs wifeʹs octagon is suboptimal

  • Author/Authors

    Audet، نويسنده , , Charles and Hansen، نويسنده , , Pierre and Messine، نويسنده , , Frédéric and Perron، نويسنده , , Sylvain، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    13
  • From page
    63
  • To page
    75
  • Abstract
    This paper answers a query of Vincze (Acta Univ. Szeged, Sect. Sci. Math. 12 A (1950) 136–142): find the convex octagon with unit-length sides and minimum diameter. It also shows that the solution is ε-unique. The proof uses geometric arguments and a global optimization algorithm to solve a nonconvex quadratic program.
  • Keywords
    octagon , diameter , quadratic programming
  • Journal title
    Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A
  • Record number

    1530926