Approximation of convex bodies by rectangles (Q685215)
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Approximation of convex bodies by rectangles (English)
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30 September 1993
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Improving earlier results the author shows the following: Let \(C\) be a planar convex body. Then there are homothetic rectangles \(R\), \(S\) with homothety ratio \(\leq 2\) such that \(R\subset C \subset S\) and \(| S|/2 \leq | C| \leq 2| R|\), where \(|\;|\) denotes area.
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inscribed and circumscribed rectangles
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planar convex body
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