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Isoperimetric problems for tilings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

L. Fejes Tóth
L. Fejes Tóth
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Reáltanoda u. 13-15, H-1053 Budapest, Hungary.
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We consider a tiling of a square with convex tiles of areas a1,… aN and perimeters p1,…,pN and pose the following problems.

PROBLEM 1. For given values of a1, …, aN find the minimum of P = p1 + … + pN.

PROBLEM 2. For given values of p1,…,pN find the maximum of A = a1+…+aN.

Type
Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , June 1985 , pp. 10 - 15
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1985

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