"""Sharp small-inflation cost when a circle must be retained. The old component is C=boundary(r D). An admissible finite segment network A must make C union A connected and its convex hull contain (r+delta) D. Only the length of A outside the old circle is charged. This is an augmentation problem: it does not concern replacement of the old component. Analytic conclusions (proved in tmp/sharp_augmentation_proof.tex): S >= 2*sqrt(2*r*delta), inf S / (pi*sqrt(2*r*delta)) -> 1 as delta/r -> 0. The scalar lower bound below and radial-spoke upper bound sandwich inf S. Floating-point values are diagnostics, not interval-certified optima over all A. """ from __future__ import annotations import math import numpy as np from scipy.optimize import brentq PI = math.pi def _parameters(radius, inflation): radius, inflation = float(radius), float(inflation) if not math.isfinite(radius) or radius <= 0: raise ValueError("radius must be finite and positive") if not math.isfinite(inflation) or inflation <= 0: raise ValueError("inflation must be finite and positive") return radius, inflation def covered_normal_width(length, radius=1.0, inflation=0.01): """Upper bound on normals served by one anchored exterior component. A connected exterior piece of length ell has a circle anchor q; every x in that piece has |x-q|<=ell. Thus u.x>=r+delta requires u.q>=r+delta-ell. The resulting arc width is this scalar expression. """ radius, inflation = _parameters(radius, inflation) length = float(length) if not math.isfinite(length) or length < 0: raise ValueError("length must be finite and nonnegative") if length <= inflation: return 0.0 if length >= inflation + 2 * radius: return 2 * PI return 2 * math.acos(1 - (length - inflation) / radius) def elementary_lower_bound(radius=1.0, inflation=0.01): radius, inflation = _parameters(radius, inflation) return 2 * math.sqrt(2 * radius * inflation) def scalar_lower_bound(radius=1.0, inflation=0.01): """Evaluate the exact one-variable lower-bound formula numerically. M=sup_{ell>0} w(ell)/ell and S>=2*pi/M. Writing ell=r*(a+1-cos(phi)) reduces this to pi*r*min_{0=3. A floating-point derivative root brackets the two candidate integers. """ radius, inflation = _parameters(radius, inflation) def derivative(count): x = PI / count sec_minus_one = 2 * math.sin(x / 2) ** 2 / math.cos(x) return inflation + (radius + inflation) * ( sec_minus_one - x * math.tan(x) / math.cos(x)) upper = 6.0 while derivative(upper) < 0: upper *= 2 continuous = brentq(derivative, 3.0, upper, xtol=1e-10, rtol=1e-13) candidates = sorted({3, max(3, math.floor(continuous)), math.ceil(continuous)}) count = min(candidates, key=lambda n: spoke_cost(n, radius, inflation)) return {"count": count, "cost": spoke_cost(count, radius, inflation), "continuous_count": continuous, "scope": "equal radial-arm constructions"} def radial_arms(count, radius=1.0, inflation=0.01, rotation=0.0): """Finite connected augmentation with an enclosing regular tip polygon.""" radius, inflation = _parameters(radius, inflation) spoke_cost(count, radius, inflation) # validate the integer count count = int(count) theta = float(rotation) + 2 * PI * np.arange(count) / count directions = np.column_stack((np.cos(theta), np.sin(theta))) tip_radius = (radius + inflation) / math.cos(PI / count) roots, tips = radius * directions, tip_radius * directions return {"segments": np.stack((roots, tips), axis=1), "roots": roots, "tips": tips, "tip_radius": tip_radius, "count": count, "radius": radius, "inflation": inflation, "cost_formula": spoke_cost(count, radius, inflation)} def make_figure(path_png, path_pdf): import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 10, "axes.spines.top": False, "axes.spines.right": False, "figure.dpi": 160}) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(12.1, 3.5), layout="constrained") ax = axes[0] delta = 0.025 optimum = optimal_spoke_count(1, delta) data = radial_arms(optimum["count"], 1, delta) theta = np.linspace(0, 2 * PI, 800) ax.plot(np.cos(theta), np.sin(theta), color="#283b59", lw=1.6, label="retained circle") ax.plot((1 + delta) * np.cos(theta), (1 + delta) * np.sin(theta), color="#cc6545", lw=1, ls="--", label="inflated disk") for segment in data["segments"]: ax.plot(segment[:, 0], segment[:, 1], color="#167f86", lw=2) tips = np.vstack((data["tips"], data["tips"][0])) ax.plot(tips[:, 0], tips[:, 1], color="#167f86", lw=.7, alpha=.7) ax.set_aspect("equal") ax.set_title("A Retain the circle; add radial arms", loc="left", fontsize=10) ax.set_xlim(-1.13, 1.13); ax.set_ylim(-1.13, 1.13) ax.set_xticks([-1, 0, 1]); ax.set_yticks([-1, 0, 1]) ax.legend(frameon=False, loc="lower left", fontsize=8) ratios = np.geomspace(1e-6, .1, 100) scale = PI * np.sqrt(2 * ratios) lower = np.array([scalar_lower_bound(1, d)["lower_bound"] for d in ratios]) spoke = [optimal_spoke_count(1, d) for d in ratios] upper = np.array([row["cost"] for row in spoke]) ax = axes[1] ax.semilogx(ratios, lower / scale, color="#283b59", lw=2, label="scalar lower bound") ax.semilogx(ratios, upper / scale, color="#167f86", lw=2, label="radial-arm upper bound") ax.axhline(1, color=".5", ls=":", lw=1) ax.set_xlabel(r"relative inflation $\delta/r$") ax.set_ylabel(r"length $/\,\pi\sqrt{2r\delta}$") ax.set_title("B Matching sharp asymptotic", loc="left", fontsize=10) ax.legend(frameon=False, fontsize=8) ax.grid(alpha=.15) ax = axes[2] counts = np.array([row["count"] for row in spoke]) ax.semilogx(ratios, counts * np.sqrt(ratios), color="#167f86", lw=1.7, label=r"integer-optimal $N\sqrt{\delta/r}$") ax.axhline(PI / math.sqrt(2), color="#283b59", ls="--", lw=1.2, label=r"limit $\pi/\sqrt{2}$") ax.set_xlabel(r"relative inflation $\delta/r$") ax.set_ylabel("scaled arm count") ax.set_title("C Arm count grows as inverse square root", loc="left", fontsize=10) ax.legend(frameon=False, fontsize=8) ax.grid(alpha=.15) fig.savefig(path_png, dpi=200) fig.savefig(path_pdf) plt.close(fig)