Covering the plane with convex polygons

It is proved that for any centrally symmetric convex polygonal domainP and for any natural numberr, there exists a constantk=k(P, r) such that anyk-fold covering of the plane with translates ofP can be split intor simple coverings.     

Boundary integral operators on curved polygons

Summary The operators of the single layer potential, double layer potential, and the Hilbert transform, acting on plane curves with corners, are members of the class of integral operators which we define in this paper. We use expansions in homogeneous kernels of increasing degree to define lower order symbols via local Mellin transforms. In this way we can study the mapping properties in (augmented) Sobolev spaces including Garding inequalities and higher regularity, thus generalizing the results of [3]and [4]from polygons to curved polygons.     

Deforming star-shaped polygons in the plane

Given a star-shaped polygon in the euclidean plane and a vertex v of the polygon, the author characterizes all those points w in the plane such that when the vertex v moves to w along a straight line path, while all other vertices of the polygon are fixed, the polygon remains star-shaped. An example is given to show that this characterization fails for the star-shaped polyhedral spheres in the 3-dimensional euclidean space.     

On infinite polygons of the Lobachevsky plane

Two theorems about properties of infinite polygons on the Lobachevsky plane are proved. __________ Translated from Fundamental’naya i Prikladnaya Matematika (Fundamental and Applied Mathematics), Vol. 11, No. 1, Geometry, 2005.     

Numerical solution of boundary integral equations on curvilinear polygons

An approximate method of solving an integral equation of the potential theory for a Dirichlet problem for the Laplace operator is proposed in the case when domains are curvilinear polygons with piecewise analytic boundaries. The proposed method is exponentially convergent with respect to the number of quadrature nodes in use.     

Aperiodic tilings of the hyperbolic plane by convex polygons

Several aperiodic hyperbolic tiling systems consisting of a single convex tile are constructed. Research partially supported by GIF grant no. G-454.213.06.95 and SFB 343 Bielefeld. The work of the first author was supported in part by NSF grant DMS-9424613. The work of the second author was supported in part by a grant of the Israel Academy of Sciences, and by the Edmund Landau Center for Research in Mathematical Analysis supported by the Minerva Foundation (Federal Republic of Germany).     

Configuration spaces of convex and embedded polygons in the plane

This paper concerns the topology of configuration spaces of linkages whose underlying graph is a single cycle. Assume that the edge lengths are such that there are no configurations in which all the edges lie along a line. The main results are that, modulo translations and rotations, each component of the space of convex configurations is homeomorphic to a closed Euclidean ball and each component of the space of embedded configurations is homeomorphic to a Euclidean space. This represents an elaboration on the topological information that follows from the convexification theorem of Connelly, Demaine, and Rote.     

On the equipartition of plane convex bodies and convex polygons

In this paper we consider the problem of partitioning a plane compact convex body into equal-area parts, i.e., an equipartition, by means of chords. We prove two basic results that hold with some specific exceptions: (a) When chords are pairwise non-crossing, the dual tree of the partition has to be a path, (b) A convex n-gon admits no equipartition produced by more than n chords having a common interior point.     

Wavelet approximations for first kind boundary integral equations on polygons

Summary. An elliptic boundary value problem in the interior or exterior of a polygon is transformed into an equivalent first kind boundary integral equation. Its Galerkin discretization with degrees of freedom on the boundary with spline wavelets as basis functions is analyzed. A truncation strategy is presented which allows to reduce the number of nonzero elements in the stiffness matrix from to entries. The condition numbers are bounded independently of the meshwidth. It is proved that the compressed scheme thus obtained yields in operations approximate solutions with the same asymptotic convergence rates as the full Galerkin scheme in the boundary energy norm as well as in interior points. Numerical examples show the asymptotic error analysis to be valid already for moderate values of . Received March 12, 1994 / Revised version received January 9, 1995     

平面上的近似连续积分

近似连续Ｐｅｒｒｏｎ 积分首先由Ｂｕｒｋｉｌｌ提出,称之为ＡＰ积分,由于近似复盖具有划分性质,因而可以给出ＡＰ积分的Ｒｉｅｍ ａｎｎ型定义． 但是,在平面上近似复盖是否具有划分性质还不知道． 本文给出了一种方法,用这种方法可以在平面上给出ＡＰ积分的Ｒｉｅｍ ａｎｎ型定义而不需要证明划分的存在性．     

On maximal convex lattice polygons inscribed in a plane convex set

Given a convex compact setK ? ?₂ what is the largestn such thatK contains a convex latticen-gon? We answer this question asymptotically. It turns out that the maximaln is related to the largest affine perimeter that a convex set contained inK can have. This, in turn, gives a new characterization ofK ₀, the convex set inK having maximal affine perimeter.     

A meshless like method for the approximate solution of integral equations over polygons

In this paper, a numerical scheme based on a Gauss-like cubature formula from Sammariva and Vianello (2007) [1] is introduced for approximate solution of integral equations over a polygonal domain with a piecewise straight lines boundary in R²${\mathbb{R}}^2$. The proposed technique is a meshless like method with sufficient precision, which does not require any discretization of the polygon domain or any preprocessing such as mesh refinement. The error analysis of the method is provided and some numerical experiments are also presented to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm.     

Equivalent boundary integral equations for plane elasticity

Indirect and direct boundary integral equations equivalent to the original boundary value problem of differential equation of plane elasticity are established rigorously. The unnecessity or deficiency of some customary boundary integral equations is indicated by examples and numerical comparison.     

The various aggregates of random polygons determined by random lines in a plane

The probability distributions (defined in an ergodic sense) of various aggregates of random convex polygons determined by the standard isotropic Poisson line process in the plane are investigated.     

High order convergence for collocation of second kind boundary integral equations on polygons

We propose collocation methods with smoothest splines to solve the integral equation of the second kind on a plane polygon. They are based on the bijectivity of the double layer potential between spaces of Sobolev type with arbitrary high regularity and involving the singular functions generated by the corners. If splines of order are used, we get quasi-optimal estimates in -norm and optimal order convergence for the -norm if . Numerical experiments are presented. Received November 20, 1996 / Accepted March 10, 1997     

Wrapping polygons in polygons

This paper is developed toI ₂(2g).c-geometries, namely, point-line-plane structures where planes are generalized 2g-gons with exactly two lines on every point and any two intersecting lines belong to a unique plane.I ₂(2g).c-geometries appear in several contexts, sometimes in connection with sporadic simple groups. Many of them are homomorphic images of truncations of geometries belonging to Coxeter diagrams. TheI ₂(2g).c-geometries obtained in this way may be regarded as the standard ones. We characterize them in this paper. For everyI ₂(2g).c-geometry , we define a numberw(), which counts the number of times we need to walk around a 2g-gon contained in a plane of , building up a wall of planes around it, before closing the wall. We prove thatw()=1 if and only if is standard and we apply that result to a number of special cases.