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What is the shape of the $n$-gon which gives the maximum of a function?

Thus the maximum ratio equals $\frac{n}{2(1-\cos\frac{2\pi}n)}$ and the optimal polygons are those whose $x$- and $y$-coordinates are sequences of the above form. …
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Nonconvex manhole covers

Here is a construction of a polygon that cannot fall through the hole. Begin with a regular $MN$-gon circumscribed around a unit circle, where $M\gg N\gg 1$ and $N$ is even. For every $M$th side, dra …
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