Wetzel's sector covers unit arcs (Q2043720)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7377564
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    Wetzel's sector covers unit arcs
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7377564

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      Wetzel's sector covers unit arcs (English)
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      3 August 2021
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      The authors confirm the conjecture of \textit{J. E. Wetzel} [Can. Mat. Bull. 16, 367--375 (1973; Zbl 0271.52016)] that the \(30^\circ\) circular sector of radius \(1\) contains a congruent copy of an arbitrary arc of unit length. This universal cover for arcs of unit length has area smaller than other earlier found such covers.
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      covering of unit arcs
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      covering by convex sets
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      worm problem
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      sectorial covers
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      planar arc
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      support line
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