All Questions
3 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
14
votes
0
answers
270
views
Regular $n$-gon with diagonals: bounds on area of largest cell?
Consider a regular $n$-gon of side length $1$ with diagonals. Here is an example with $n=11$ (from geogebra applet).
I've been trying to find, in terms of $n$, bounds on the area of the largest cell, ...
10
votes
0
answers
177
views
Minimum reflection paths in a mirror polygon
Let $P$ be a simple, orthogonal polygon of $n$ edges, i.e., one whose edges meet at right angles,
and is non-self-intersecting;
also known as a rectilinear polygon.
Treat every edge of $P$ as a ...
4
votes
0
answers
232
views
Illuminating a just-barely irrational polygon
As has been discussed earlier on MO,1,2
recently an impressive advance was proved concerning
internally illuminating a mirrored polygon.
Here is the result:
Let $P$ be a rational polygon.
Then for ...