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On the square peg problem

Geometric Topology 2022-03-08 v1 Combinatorics Metric Geometry

Abstract

We show that if γ\gamma is a Jordan curve in R2\mathbb{R}^2 which is close to a C2C^2 Jordan curve β\beta in R2\mathbb{R}^2, then γ\gamma contains an inscribed square. In particular, if κ>0\kappa > 0 is the maximum unsigned curvature of β\beta and there is a map ff from the image of γ\gamma to the image of β\beta with f(x)x<110κ||f(x) - x|| < \frac{1}{10 \kappa} and fγf \circ \gamma having winding number 11, then γ\gamma has an inscribed square of positive sidelength.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2203.02613,
  title  = {On the square peg problem},
  author = {Gregory R. Chambers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.02613},
  year   = {2022}
}

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11 pages, 3 figures