Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

A. Cesaroni - I. FragalĂ  - M. Novaga

A note on the honeycomb optimality among periodic convex tilings

created by novaga on 03 Jul 2025
modified on 12 Feb 2026

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Inserted: 3 jul 2025
Last Updated: 12 feb 2026

Journal: Journal of Convex Analysis
Volume: 33
Number: 1&2
Pages: 421-428
Year: 2026

ArXiv: 2507.01566 PDF

Abstract:

We show that the hexagonal honeycomb is optimal among convex periodic tessellations of the plane, provided the cost functional is lower semicontinuous with respect to the Hausdorff convergence, and decreasing under Steiner symmetrization.