Einschliessung ebener Kurven (Q1064544)

A curve in the Euclidean plane is said to enclose a set K if K lies in the convex hull of the curve. In the note the set K is taken to be a closed rectifiable curve of length L(K). The infimum \(L^*(K)\) of the lengths of all curves which enclose such K is shown to satisfy the inequality \(L^*(K)\leq (1/2\pi)(2+\pi)L(K).\) The equality holds if and only if K is a circle.