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Euclidean, hyperbolic, discrete, convex, coarse geometry, metric spaces, comparisons in Riemannian geometry, symmetric spaces.

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Smallest square to wrap a cylinder

Perhaps Joseph can fill in this description with a picture. In square with vertices A, B, C, and D in clockwise order, draw a line from A to a point P on BC. If the length of AP is longer than the c …
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Does every ellipse inside a tetrahedron inside a ball fit in a triangle inside the ball?

I suspect the answer is yes. Let me paint a word picture, which won't be as beautiful as Joseph O'Rourke's contribution, but may be as useful. Consider all planes passing through the tetrahedron whi …
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find the collision of a particle with a swept triangle.

Consider the (mostly nontrivial) tetrahedron formed by the three moving points and P. There is a determinantal formula for the volume of the tetrahedron, as well as one for the area of the triangle f …
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Three half circles on the plane may not meet nicely

This is off the top of my head; please take it skeptically and check all assumptions, visible and hidden. Focus on the line segment and its end points which I call p and q for a sample H. I have con …
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