Big little hexagon

32 · John Cook · Aug. 19, 2026, 12:44 a.m.
Summary
The blog post discusses a new paper that solves the Maximum-Area Small Polygon Problem, specifically addressing the configurations of n-gons with a diameter of 1. It highlights that for odd 'n', the expected solution is a regular n-gon, but poses questions about the solution for even 'n'.