Abstract:
Let ADCDE be a pentagon inscribed in a circle. It is proved that if γ is a C4-generic smooth convex planar oval with 4 vertices (stationary points of curvature), then there are 2 similarities φ such that the quadrangle φ(ABCD) is inscribed in γ and the point ψ(E) lies inside γ, as well as 2 similarities ψ such that the quadrangle ψ(ABCD) is inscribed in γ and ψ(E) lies outside γ. It is also proved that any circle γ↪Rn smoothly embedded in the space Rn of odd dimension contains the vertices of an equilateral (n+1)-link polygonal line lying in a hyperplane of Rn.
Citation:
V. V. Makeev, “On quadrangles inscribed in a closed curve and the vertices of the curve”, Geometry and topology. Part 8, Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI, 299, POMI, St. Petersburg, 2003, 241–251; J. Math. Sci. (N. Y.), 131:1 (2005), 5395–5400