The worm problem of Leo Moser

DOI10.1007/BF02187832MaRDI QIDQ1184159zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Rick Norwood, Michael Laidacker, George D. Poole

Publication date 28 June 1992

Published in Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/131187

zbMATH Keywords

areacoveringminimal setplanar arcsplanar convex body

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40)

Review text

Blaschke's selection theorem shows that there is a (not necessarily unique) planar convex body \(M\) of minimal area \(A\) by which every planar arc of length one can be covered. It was known that \(0.21946 < A < 0.28610\). The authors show that \(A<0.27524\). For that purpose, they prove that a region consisting of a \(60^ \circ\) sector of radius \(0.5\) with two adjacent \(30^ \circ60^ \circ90^ \circ\) triangles has the covering property. They also present some conjectures about the shape of minimal bodies \(M\).

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