Minimal properties for convex annuli of plane convex curves (Q1805506)

Let \(K\) be a fixed closed convex curve in the Euclidean plane with the origin in its interior. By \(K\)-annulus of centre \(c\) we mean the set of all points between the curves of the form \(\rho K + c\) and \(\sigma K + c\), where \(0 \leq \rho \leq \sigma\). A \(K\)-annulus is said to enclose a convex curve \(C\) if no point of \(C\) is out of the curve \(\sigma K + c\), whereas any point of the curve \(\rho K + c\) is inside \(C\). This \(K\)-annulus is said to bi-enclose \(C\) if \(C\) passes at least four times between the two curves bounding the annulus. Generalizing results due to T. Bonnesen and I. Vincze on circular annuli, we prove that for any closed convex curve \(C\) there exists a unique \(K\)- annulus bi-enclosing \(C\). Such an annulus minimizes either the difference \(\sigma - \rho\) or the ratio \(\sigma/ \rho\), and it is the only one satisfying both these properties. Moreover, differently from a Nagy's result on circular annuli, this \(K\)- annulus does not necessarily have minimal area.