Planar rectangular sets and Steiner symmetrization

DOI10.1007/S000170050030MaRDI QIDQ1267723zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul R. Scott

Publication date 13 October 1998

Published in Elemente der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s000170050030

zbMATH Keywords

convex subset of \(\mathbb{R}^2\)inscribed rectangleSteiner symmetrization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10)

Review text

The paper concerns (in fact) compact convex subsets of the Euclidean plane (though the author does not assume compactness). A set \(K\) is said to be rectangular with respect to a pair of orthogonal lines if no inscribed rectangle with sides parallel to those lines has exactly three of its vertices on the boundary of \(K\). Let \(S_L\) be the Steiner symmetrization with respect to a line \(L\). Theorem. \(K\) is rectangular with respect to \((L_1,L_2)\) if and only if \(S_{L_1} S_{L_2}(K)= S_{L_2} S_{L_1}(K)\).

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