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Curves of constant diameter and inscribed polygons
Author(s) -
Mathieu Baillif
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
elemente der mathematik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1420-8962
pISSN - 0013-6018
DOI - 10.4171/em/121
Subject(s) - mathematics , inscribed figure , constant (computer programming) , combinatorics , euclidean geometry , geometry , jordan curve theorem , simple (philosophy) , plane (geometry) , mathematical analysis , computer science , programming language , philosophy , epistemology
A simple closed curve in the Euclidean plane is said to have property(C_n(R)) if at each point we can inscribe a unique regular $n$-gon with edgeslength $R$. (C_2(R)) is equivalent to having constant diameter. We show thatsmooth curves satisfying (C_n(R)) other than the circle do exist for all n, andthat the circle is the only $C^2$ regular curve satisfying (C_2(R)) and(C_4(R')) where .$R'=R/\sqrt{2}$. The proofs use only elementary differentialgeometry (curvature,etc).

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