{"title":"The rectangular peg problem","authors":"J. Greene, A. Lobb","doi":"10.4007/annals.2021.194.2.4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"For every smooth Jordan curve $\\gamma$ and rectangle $R$ in the Euclidean plane, we show that there exists a rectangle similar to $R$ whose vertices lie on $\\gamma$. The proof relies on Shevchishin's theorem that the Klein bottle does not admit a smooth Lagrangian embedding in $\\mathbb{C}^2$.","PeriodicalId":8134,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Mathematics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7000,"publicationDate":"2020-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"16","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals of Mathematics","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4007/annals.2021.194.2.4","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
For every smooth Jordan curve $\gamma$ and rectangle $R$ in the Euclidean plane, we show that there exists a rectangle similar to $R$ whose vertices lie on $\gamma$. The proof relies on Shevchishin's theorem that the Klein bottle does not admit a smooth Lagrangian embedding in $\mathbb{C}^2$.
期刊介绍:
The Annals of Mathematics is published bimonthly by the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University with the cooperation of the Institute for Advanced Study. Founded in 1884 by Ormond Stone of the University of Virginia, the journal was transferred in 1899 to Harvard University, and in 1911 to Princeton University. Since 1933, the Annals has been edited jointly by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study.