Covers for closed curves of length two (Q663094)
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Covers for closed curves of length two (English)
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13 February 2012
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The family \(C\) of closed plane curves of length two is considered. Let \({\alpha}_2\) be the least area of a convex set which contains a congruent copy of every curve of \(C\). The authors improve the old bounds for \({\alpha}_2\) showing that \(0.386778 < \alpha_2 < 0.448504\).
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convex covers
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worm problem
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