Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2009
Classes of convex lattice polygons which have minimal lp-perimeter with respect to the number of their vertices are said to be optimal in the sense of the lp-metric.
It is proved that if p and q are arbitrary integers or ∞, the asymptotic expression for the lq-perimeter of these optimal convex lattice polygons Qp(n) as a function of the number of their vertices n is
. for arbitrary ɛ > 0,
where
.
and Ap is equal to the area of the planar shape |x|p + |y|p ≤ 1.