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Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI, 2013 Volume 415, Pages 15–20 (Mi znsl5688)

On polygons inscribed into a convex figure

V. V. Makeev

St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract: The paper contains a survey of results about the possibility to inscribe convex polygons of particular types into a plane convex figure. It is proved that if $K$ is a smooth convex figure, then $K$ is circumscribed either about four different reflection-symmetric convex equilateral pentagons or about a regular pentagon.
Let $S$ be a family of convex hexagons whose vertices are the vertices of two negatively homothetic equilateral triangles with common center. It is proved that if $K$ is a smooth convex figure, then $K$ is circumscribed either about a hexagon in $S$ or about two pentagons with vertices at the vertices of two hexagons in $S$. In the latter case, the sixth vertex of one of the hexagons lies outside $K$, while the sixth vertex of anther one lies inside $K$.

Key words and phrases: convex figure, inscribed polygon.

UDC: 514.172

Received: 20.02.2013


 English version:
Journal of Mathematical Sciences (New York), 2016, 212:5, 527–530

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