Abstract:
Two related problems concerning continuous functions on a sphere $S^{n-1}\subset\mathbb R^n$ are studied, together with the problem of finding a family of polyhedra in $\mathbb R^n$ one of which is inscribed in (respectively, circumscribed about) a given smooth convex body in $\mathbb R^n$. In particular, it is proved that, in every convex body $K\subset\mathbb R^3$, one can inscribe an eight-vertex polyhedron obtained by “equiaugmentation” of a similarity image of any given tetrahedron of class $T$.
Citation:
V. V. Makeev, “Inscribed and circumscribed polyhedra for a convex body and continuous functions on a sphere in Euclidean space”, Algebra i Analiz, 18:6 (2006), 187–204; St. Petersburg Math. J., 18:6 (2007), 997–1009
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\paper Inscribed and circumscribed polyhedra for a~convex body and continuous functions on a~sphere in Euclidean space
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\crossref{https://doi.org/10.1090/S1061-0022-07-00979-X}
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This publication is cited in the following 2 articles:
Jason Cantarella, Elizabeth Denne, John McCleary, “Configuration spaces, multijet transversality, and the square-peg problem”, Illinois J. Math., 66:3 (2022)
V. V. Makeev, N. Yu. Netsvetaev, “On inscribed and circumscribed polyhedra for a centrally symmetric convex body”, J. Math. Sci. (N. Y.), 212:5 (2016), 552–557