When is a disk trapped by four lines? (Q2345514)

The authors use the term convex disc with the meaning of a planar convex body. Let \(\Omega\) be a finite collection of lines in Euclidean \(3\)-space \(\mathbb{R}^3\) and let \(D\subset \mathbb{R}^3\) be a convex disk with the property that the relative interior of \(D\) does not intersect any lines of \(\Omega\) transversally. By definition, \(D\) is trapped by \(\Omega\) if \(D\) cannot be moved continuously through infinity without the relative interior of \(D\) intersecting transversally a line of \(\Omega\). The authors use homological and geometrical methods to study the problem of determining when a convex disk is trapped by four lines and some relative problems.