The Four-Vertex Theorem Revisited--Two Variations on the Old Theme

DOI10.2307/2975269zbMath0842.53003OpenAlexW4243028103MaRDI QIDQ4870059

Sergei Tabachnikov

Publication date: 28 July 1996

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2975269

zbMATH Keywords

four vertex theoremtripod configurationsenvelope of lines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04)

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