Non-dispersal and density properties of infinite packings

Alexandre Delyon (1) , Antoine Henrot (1) , Yannick Privat (2)

1 IECL - Institut Élie Cartan de Lorraine
2 LJLL - Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions

This article is motivated by an optimization problem arising in Biology. interpreting the eggs arrangements (packings) in the brood chamber as results from an optimization process, we are led to look for packings that are at the same time the most possible dense and non-dispersed. We first model this issue in terms of an elementary shape optimization problem among convex bodies, involving there inradius, diameter and area. We then solve it completely, showing that the solutions are either particular hexagons or a symmetric 2-cap body, namely the convex hull of a disk and two points lined-up with the center of the disk.

Mots clés: shape optimization; tiling domains; density of packings

Domaines: Optimisation et contrôle [math.OC]

Alexandre Delyon, Antoine Henrot, Yannick Privat. Non-dispersal and density properties of infinite packings. 2018. ⟨hal-01753911v1⟩