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Closed curves with minimal total curvature in the unit circle
Chakerian proved in this paper that a closed curve of length L in the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^n$ has total curvature at least L.
In this later paper Chakerian gave a simpler proof and noted that ...
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Least Width of Planar Unimodal Curves with Unit Diameter
I am currently trying to find a way to define some notion of "roundness" for subtours in graphs and that definition should only be based on the comparing (sums of) edge length and on the order in ...
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Constant width curves and inscribed/ circumscribed ellipses
It is known (see for example the Wikipedia entry on the Reuleaux triangle) that for every curve of constant width (CCW), the largest inscribed circle and the smallest circumscribed circle are ...