Regular polygons on isochordal-viewed hedgehogs

A curve $\alpha$ is called isochordal viewed if there is a smooth motion of a constant length chord with its endpoints along $\alpha$ such that their tangents to the curve at these points form a constant angle. In this paper some properties of isochordal-viewed hedgehogs and Holditch curves are stud...

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Autor: Rochera, D.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM)
Repositorio:BIRD. BCAM's Institutional Repository Data
OAI Identifier:oai:bird.bcamath.org:20.500.11824/1478
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11824/1478
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00010-022-00886-2
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Isoptic curves
Isochordal-viewed curves
Holditch curves
Curves of constant φ-width
Hedgehogs
Regular polygons
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Sumario:A curve $\alpha$ is called isochordal viewed if there is a smooth motion of a constant length chord with its endpoints along $\alpha$ such that their tangents to the curve at these points form a constant angle. In this paper some properties of isochordal-viewed hedgehogs and Holditch curves are studied. It is proved that, under some conditions, the construction of some closed regular polygons whose vertices move smoothly along the curve $\alpha$ is possible. The property is illustrated with some examples. Moreover, Holditch curves of isochordal-viewed hedgehogs are considered and it is seen that they feature similar regular polygon properties although they are, in general, not parameterized by a support function. Finally, a recursive iteration of some Holditch curves for isochordal-viewed hedgehogs is shown to converge to the curve of polygon centers.