An improved upper bound for Leo Moser's worm problem

DOI10.1007/S00454-002-0774-3MaRDI QIDQ1404509zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rick Norwood, George D. Poole

Publication date 21 August 2003

Published in Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-002-0774-3

zbMATH Keywords

coverworm problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40)

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