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St. Petersburg Mathematical Journal
St. Petersburg Mathematical Journal
ISSN 1547-7371(e) ISSN 1061-0022(p)

     
     

Some geometric properties of closed space curves and convex bodies

Author(s): V. V. Makeev
Translated by: B. M. Bekker
Original publication: Algebra i Analiz, tom 16 (2004), vypusk 5.
Journal: St. Petersburg Math. J. 16 (2005), 815-820.
MSC (2000): Primary 51H99
Posted: September 23, 2005
MathSciNet review: 2106668
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Abstract: The main results of the paper are as follows.

1. On each smooth closed oriented curve in $ \mathbb{R}^n$, there exist two points the oriented tangents at which form an angle greater than $ \pi/2+\sin^{-1}\frac1{n-1}$.

2. If $ n$ is odd, then an $ (n+1)$-gon with equal sides and lying in a hyperplane can be inscribed in each smooth closed Jordan curve in $ \mathbb{R}^n$. In particular, a rhombus can be inscribed in each closed curve in $ \mathbb{R}^3$.

3. A right prism with rhombic base and an arbitrary ratio of the base edge to the lateral edge can be inscribed in each smooth strictly convex body $ K\subset \mathbb{R}^3$.


References:

1.
H. Griffiths, The topology of square pegs in round holes, Proc. London Math. Soc. (3) 62 (1991), 647-672. MR 1095236 (92h:55004)

2.
L. G. Shnirel'man, On certain geometrical properties of closed curves, Uspekhi Mat. Nauk 10 (1944), 34-44. (Russian) MR 0012531 (7:35c)


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Additional Information:

V. V. Makeev
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskii Prospekt 28, Staryi Peterhof, St. Petersburg 198904, Russia

DOI: 10.1090/S1061-0022-05-00880-0
PII: S 1061-0022(05)00880-0
Keywords: Convex body, curve, oriented angle, inscribed rhombus, inscribed parallelepiped
Received by editor(s): 16/SEP/2003
Posted: September 23, 2005
Additional Notes: This work was supported by the SS Program (grant no. 1914.2003.1).
Copyright of article: Copyright 2005, American Mathematical Society




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