The rectangular peg problem (Q1983099)

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    The rectangular peg problem (English)
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    15 September 2021
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    Using a theorem of \textit{V. Shevchishin} [Izv. Math. 73, No. 4, 797--859 (2009); translation from Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Mat. 73, No. 4, 153--224 (2009; Zbl 1196.57021)] and \textit{S. Yu. Nemirovski} [Izv. Math. 66, No. 1, 151--164 (2002); translation from Izv. Ross. Akad. Nauk, Ser. Mat. 66, No. 1, 153--166 (2002; Zbl 1041.53049)] -- that the Klein bottle does not admit a smooth Lagrangian embedding in \({\mathbb C}^2\) --, a proposition proved in this paper regarding a Lagrangian smoothing, involving a \(4\)-manifold with a symplectic form, and the equivariant Darboux-Weinstein theorem, the authors prove the long-standing conjecture that for every smooth Jordan curve \(\gamma\) and rectangle \(R\) in the Euclidean plane, there exists a rectangle similar to \(R\) whose vertices lie on \(\gamma\). The paper ends with an in-depth history of the problem, going back to Toeplitz in 1911.
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    Jordan curve
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    aspect ratio
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    inscribed rectangles
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    symplectic geometry
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    Lagrangian surface
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