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Regular polygons and transfinite diameter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Michel Grandcolas
Affiliation:
UFR MIM, Département de Mathématiques, Université de Metz, Ile du Saulcy, 57045 Metz Cédex 01France e-mail: grandcol@poncelet.univ-metz.fr
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Abstract

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We study the behaviour of the transfinite diameter of regular polygons of fixed diameter, as a function of the number of their vertices.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2000

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