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Approximation of convex bodies by rectangles

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For every plane convex body there is a pair of inscribed and circumscribed homothetic rectangles. The positive ratio of homothety is not greater than 2.

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    Marek Lassak

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Research supported in part by Komitet Badan Naukowych (Committee of Scientific Research), grant number 2 2005 92 03.

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Lassak, M. Approximation of convex bodies by rectangles. Geom Dedicata 47, 111–117 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01263495

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