Abstract
There are two tangent segments to a strictly convex closed plane curve from every point in its exterior. We discuss the following problem: does there exist a curve such that one can walk around it so that, at all moments, the two tangent segments to the curve have unequal lengths?
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 398-405 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | American Mathematical Monthly |
| Volume | 119 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 2012 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Mathematics
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