Gonzalo Ciruelos personal blog
What is the roundest country?
We can define roundness in many ways. For example, as you may know, the circle is the shape that given a fixed perimeter maximizes the area. This definition has many problems. One of the problems is that countries generally have chaotic perimeters (also known as borders), so they tend to be much longer than they seem…
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Science & SpaceMath & Algorithms2016
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2016 | What is the roundest country? by gciruelos | 120 | 44 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 4 Hacker News comments by 4 different people, from Dec 2017 to Feb 2022.
Most recent:
- kmm · Feb 18, 2022
- derwiki · Nov 22, 2020
- madcaptenor · Sep 5, 2018
- gciruelos · Dec 18, 2017
