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Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1950, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society is devoted to shorter research articles in all areas of pure and applied mathematics.

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On closed curves in Minkowski spaces
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by H. S. Witsenhausen
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 35 (1972), 240-241
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1972-0296880-6
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Abstract:

The minimum pseudo-diameter d and the length L of a simple closed rectifiable curve in Minkowski space satisfy $L \geqq gd$ where g is the half-girth of the unit ball. The bound is sharp.
References
  • Hans Herda, Research Problems: A Conjectured Characterization of Circles, Amer. Math. Monthly 78 (1971), no. 8, 888–889. MR 1536460, DOI 10.2307/2316488
    • J. J. Schäffer, Inner diameter, perimeter, and girth of spheres, Math. Ann. 173 (1967), 59-79; addendum, ibid. 173 (1967), 79-82. MR 36 #1959. A. M. Fink, A circle maximizes the minimum pseudo-diameter (written communication). R. Ault, Metric characterization of circles (written communication).
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Bibliographic Information
  • © Copyright 1972 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 35 (1972), 240-241
  • MSC: Primary 53C70; Secondary 52A50
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1972-0296880-6
  • MathSciNet review: 0296880