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Isoperimetric Inequalities

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Isoperimetric Inequalities are inequalities concerning the area of a figure with a given perimeter. They were worked on extensively by Lagrange.

If a figure in a plane has area A and perimeter P then \frac{4\pi A}{P^2} \leq 1. This means that given a perimeter P for a plane figure, the circle has the largest area. Conversely, of all plane figures with area A, the circle has the least perimeter.

Note that due to this inequality, it is impossible to have a figure with infinite volume yet finite surface area.

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