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Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI, 1997 Volume 246, Pages 184–190 (Mi znsl556)

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On pentagons incribed in closed convex curve

V. V. Makeev

Saint-Petersburg State University

Abstract: The following two theorems are proved in the paper.
1. Suppose that the sum of any two neighbouring angles of a pentagon $A_1\dots A_5$ exceeds $\pi$. Let $A_0$ be any point on the boundary $\partial K$ of a convex set $K\subset\mathbb R^2$. Then there is an affine image of that pentagon such that this image is inscribe in $K$ and $A_0$ is the image of $A_1$.
2. The above theorem does not admit generalization to all pentagons inscribed in an ellipse.
3. Let $A_1,\dots,A_5$ be points of some ellipse, let $K\subset\mathbb R^2$ be a convex set with $C^4$-smooth boundary $\partial K$ of positive curvature, and let $A_0\in\partial K$ be a distinguished point of the boundary. Then there is an affine image of the pentagon $A_1\dots A_5$ such that this image is inscribed in $K$ and $A_0$ is the image of $A_1$.

UDC: 514.172

Received: 02.06.1996


 English version:
Journal of Mathematical Sciences (New York), 2000, 100:3, 2303–2306

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