A question from a famous paper of Erdős (Q2391829)

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    A question from a famous paper of Erdős
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6195017

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      A question from a famous paper of Erdős (English)
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      5 August 2013
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      Paul Erdős made once a claim that ``On every convex curve there exists a point \(P\) such that every circle with centre \(P\) intersects the curve in at most 2 points.'' This claim is known to be false. The paper investigates a modified problem: Given a convex domain \(K\) in the plane, what is the smallest number \(N\), such that there is point \(P\) on the boundary of the domain, such that any circle centered at \(P\) intersects the boundary of \(K\) in at most \(N\) points. \(N=2\) fails as noted above. The paper concludes that no \(K\) has \(N=\infty\) and that there are \(K\)'s with \(N=6\).
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      Erdős problem
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      convex curve
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      equidistant points
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      Baire category
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