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PERIMETER, DIAMETER AND AREA OF CONVEX SETS IN THE HYPERBOLIC PLANE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2001

EDUARDO GALLEGO
Affiliation:
Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; egallego@mat.uab.es, solanes@mat.uab.es
GIL SOLANES
Affiliation:
Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; egallego@mat.uab.es, solanes@mat.uab.es
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Abstract

The paper studies the relation between the asymptotic values of the ratios area/length (F/L) and diameter/length (D/L) of a sequence of convex sets expanding over the whole hyperbolic plane. It is known that F/L goes to a value between 0 and 1 depending on the shape of the contour. In the paper, it is first of all seen that D/L has limit value between 0 and 1/2 in strong contrast with the euclidean situation in which the lower bound is 1/π (D/L = 1/π if and only if the convex set has constant width). Moreover, it is shown that, as the limit of D/L approaches 1/2, the possible limit values of F/L reduce. Examples of all possible limits F/L and D/L are given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
The London Mathematical Society 2001

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