A quantitative Robin Pólya--Szegő theorem for tangential polygons
Abstract
We extend the quantitative Dirichlet theorem of Gui, Hu, and Li \cite{GuiHuLi2026} to Robin torsional rigidity. For every fixed β>0, we prove that the regular N-gon uniquely maximizes Robin torsional rigidity among tangential N-gons of prescribed area. Our explicit perimeter deficit bound contains the Dirichlet deficit obtained by Gui, Hu, and Li \cite{GuiHuLi2026} and an additional Robin term that is positive for nonregular tangential polygons. For triangles, we answer the fixed-area optimization problem recorded as open by Keady and Wiwatanapataphee \cite[Appendix A.1.2]{KeadyWiwatanapataphee2016}. We also establish strict monotonicity along equal-area regular polygons as the number of sides increases, with an explicit bound for each consecutive gap. The proof combines mixed Robin--Neumann triangular cells, spectral estimates for angular concavity, and a quantitative scaling estimate.
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BibTeX
@misc{gui2026quantitative,
title = {{A quantitative Robin Pólya--Szegő theorem for tangential polygons}},
author = {Changfeng Gui and Yeyao Hu and Qinfeng Li and Hang Yang},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.21417},
eprint = {2610.21417},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.21417},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - A quantitative Robin Pólya--Szegő theorem for tangential polygons
AU - Changfeng Gui
AU - Yeyao Hu
AU - Qinfeng Li
AU - Hang Yang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/15
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.21417
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.21417
AB - We extend the quantitative Dirichlet theorem of Gui, Hu, and Li \cite{GuiHuLi2026} to Robin torsional rigidity. For every fixed β>0, we prove that the regular N-gon uniquely maximizes Robin torsional rigidity among tangential N-gons of prescribed area. Our explicit perimeter deficit bound contains the Dirichlet deficit obtained by Gui, Hu, and Li \cite{GuiHuLi2026} and an additional Robin term that is positive for nonregular tangential polygons. For triangles, we answer the fixed-area optimization problem recorded as open by Keady and Wiwatanapataphee \cite[Appendix A.1.2]{KeadyWiwatanapataphee2016}. We also establish strict monotonicity along equal-area regular polygons as the number of sides increases, with an explicit bound for each consecutive gap. The proof combines mixed Robin--Neumann triangular cells, spectral estimates for angular concavity, and a quantitative scaling estimate.
ER -