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Polygons inscribed in a closed curve and a three-dimensional convex body
V. V. Makeev Saint-Petersburg State University
Abstract:
Here are samples of results obtained in the paper. Let
$\gamma$ be a centrally symmetric closed curve in
$\mathbb R^n$ that does not contain its center of symmetry,
$O$. Then
$\gamma$ is circumscribed about a square (with center
$O$), and about a rhombus (also with center
$O$) whose vertices split
$\gamma$
into parts of equal length. If
$n$ is odd, then there is a centrally symmetric equilateral
$2n$-link polyline inscribed in
$\gamma$ and lying in a hyperplane. Let
$K\subset\mathbb R^3$ be a convex body,
$x\in(0;1)$. Then
$K$ is circumscribed about an affine-regular pentagonal prism
$P$ such that the ratio of the lateral edge
$l$ of
$P$ to the longest chord of
$K$ parallel to
$l$ is equal to
$x$. Bibl. – 7 titles.
UDC:
514.17 Received: 25.12.2005