Figure 8
Splitting of the optimal branches as plotted against Σ instead of σ in the rectangle system for the cases and . The red dots and lines correspond to and the blue dots and lines to . In the first case,
p = 2×5 the red branch splits into four subbranches in the ratio 1, 2, 5 and 10, and since
q = 7, the blue branch splits into two subbranches of ratio 1 and 7. In the second case,
p = 21 = 3×7, the red branch splits into four subbranches in the ratio 1, 3, 7 and 21, whereas for
q = 24, the branch splits into five subbranches in the ratio 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16. In both cases, the red and blue branches superimpose for
k = pl and . |