scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2061968
Inequalities and extremum problems in real or complex geometry (51M16) Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25) Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25)
The authors use Lagrange's method of undetermined multipliers to obtain an alternative proof of the following well-known statement: `A polygon which is inscribed in a circle has greater area than any other polygon with the same sidelights' (consult, for example, Problem 63 in the book [\textit{I. M. Yaglom} and \textit{V. G. Boltyanskii}, Convex figures (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston) (1961; Zbl 0098.35501)] and its solution given therein or the paper [\textit{J. Pach}, Stud. Sci. Math. Hung. 13, 43--45 (1978; Zbl 0473.52008)]). The proof proposed cannot be considered as a rigorous one because the authors do not verify whether Lagrange's method of undetermined multipliers is applicable to the problem under study (namely, they do not check whether the Jacobi matrix of the constrains is of maximal rank).
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