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The most inaccessible point of a convex domain

Metric Geometry 2010-09-16 v1

Abstract

The inaccessibility of a point p in a bounded domain D \subset R^n is the minimum of the lengths of segments through p with boundary at \bd D. The points of maximum inaccessibility I_D are those where the inaccessibility achieves its maximum. We prove that for strictly convex domains, I_D is either a point or a segment, and that for a planar polygon I_D is in general a point. We study the case of a triangle, showing that this point is not any of the classical notable points.

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@article{arxiv.1009.2948,
  title  = {The most inaccessible point of a convex domain},
  author = {Maria Calvo and Vicente Munoz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.2948},
  year   = {2010}
}

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14 pages, 8 figures