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Isoperimetric inequalities on surfaces of constant curvature. (English) Zbl 0906.52002

The paper refers to isoperimetric problems for polygonal curves on surfaces of constant curvature. The authors introduce “hyperbolic” and “elliptic” areas and lengths that are based on non-Euclidean Heron’s formulas, and they establish a unified Heron formula for a triangle and a unified Brahmagupta formula for a cyclic quadrilateral on surfaces of constant curvature. Based on this, they give a unified isoperimetric inequality for polygonal curves in the Euclidean and hyperbolic plane as well as on the sphere. So they obtain many new (discrete analytical) inequalities involving trigonometric functions and hyperbolic trigonometric functions.

MSC:

52A40 Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry
51M16 Inequalities and extremum problems in real or complex geometry
51M25 Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry
52A38 Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry)
51M10 Hyperbolic and elliptic geometries (general) and generalizations
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