Wetzel's sector covers unit arcs

DOI10.1007/S10998-020-00354-XzbMATH Open1488.52009arXiv1907.07351OpenAlexW3045755689MaRDI QIDQ2043720FDOQ2043720

Authors: Chatchawan Panraksa, Wacharin Wichiramala 

Publication date: 3 August 2021

Published in: Periodica Mathematica Hungarica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We settle J. Wetzel's 1970's conjecture and show that a 30{^circ} circular sector of unit radius can accommodate every planar arc of unit length. Leo Moser asked in 1966 for the smallest (convex) region in the plane that can accommodate each arc of unit length. With area {pi}/12, this sector is the smallest such set presently known. Moser's question has prompted a multitude of papers on related problems over the past 50 years, most remaining unanswered.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.07351

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zbMATH Keywords

worm problemcovering by convex setscovering of unit arcsplanar arcsectorial coverssupport line

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38)

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