On the centre of gravity and width of lattice-constrained convex sets in the plane

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Authors Maria A. Hernández Cifre, Paul R. Scott, Salvador Segura Gomis

Publication date 19 March 1998

Published in Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/232176, http://www.emis.de/journals/BAG/vol.38/no.2/

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zbMATH Keywords

centre of gravitylattice-constrained convex setsplanewidth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Lattices and convex bodies in (2) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C05)

Review text

A counterexample is given to the following conjecture of \textit{P. R. Scott} [Am. Math. Mon. 89, 460--461 (1982; Zbl 0499.10034)]. The minimum width \(\omega (K)\) of a convex set \(K\) in the plane having its centroid as the only interior point at an integer lattice point satisfies \(\omega (K) \leq {3\sqrt{2} \over 2}\). The inequality is proved, however, if \(K\) is a triangle. The bound \(\omega (K) \leq \sqrt5\) is conjectured to hold in general.

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