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On plane coverings with convex domains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

R. P. Bambah
Affiliation:
Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
A. C. Woods
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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The following theorem has been proved by Bambah, Rogers and Zassenhaus [1],

Theorem A. Let K be a closed convex domain with a centre. Let

be points such that:

(i) the polygon A0 A1 … An is a Jordan polygon bounding a closed domain π of area a(π);

(ii) for each r, 0 ≤ r ≤ n, there is a point common to K + An-1 and K + Ar;

(iii) the points An+1, …. An+m are in the interior of π;

(iv) for each point X of π, there exists an Ar, 1 ≤ r ≤ n + m, such that X ∈ K + Ar and the line segment XAr is in π. Then

where t(K) is the area of the largest triangle contained in K.

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Research Article
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Copyright © University College London 1971

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