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Convex curves in which a triangle can revolve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

H. T. Croft
H. T. Croft
Affiliation:
Peterhouse, Cambridge
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We shall be considering plane closed convex curves Γ (whose interior plus boundary will be denoted by Σ ≡ Σ(Γ)) in which we can inscribe a large set (in various senses to be made precise) of equilateral triangles or e-triangles for short; and in particular an e-triangle of side-length 1 is called an E-triangle or just an E. More formally we define the sets to be the sets of closed convex Γ for which, respectively:

: each point of Γ is the vertex of some inscribed E;

: Γ contains the vertices of some E in each orientation in the plane;

: an E can be moved round continuously, through angle 2π, with all vertices on Γ throughout.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 88 , Issue 3 , November 1980 , pp. 385 - 393
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1980

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