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The problem was originally posed in 1916 by Fujiwara<ref name="Fujiwara">M. Fujiwara. Über die Mittelkurve zweier geschlossenen konvexen Curven in
The problem was originally posed in 1916 by Fujiwara<ref name="Fujiwara">M. Fujiwara. Über die Mittelkurve zweier geschlossenen konvexen Curven in
Bezug auf einen Punkt. Tôhoku Math J., 10:99-103, 1916</ref>, and solved by [[Marek Rychlik]] in 1996<ref name="The_Proof">[[Marek R. Rychlik]], A complete solution to the equichordal point problem of Fujiwara, Blaschke, Rothe and Weizenböck, [[Inventiones Mathematicae]], 1997, Volume 129, Number 1, Pages 141-212</ref>. The answer
Bezug auf einen Punkt. Tôhoku Math J., 10:99-103, 1916</ref>, and solved by [[Marek Rychlik]] in 1996<ref name="The_Proof">[[Marek R. Rychlik]], A complete solution to the equichordal point problem of Fujiwara, Blaschke, Rothe and Weizenböck, [[Inventiones Mathematicae]], 1997, Volume 129, Number 1, Pages 141-212</ref>. The answer
in the negative is the subject of [[Rychlik's Theorem]]
in the negative is the subject of [[Rychlik's Theorem]].


== See also ==
== See also ==

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The Equichordal Point Problem

A problem in convex geometry that asks wether there exists a curve with two equichordal points. The problem was originally posed in 1916 by Fujiwara[1], and solved by Marek Rychlik in 1996[2]. The answer in the negative is the subject of Rychlik's Theorem.

See also

  1. Rychlik's Theorem
  2. Chordal Problem

References

  1. ^ M. Fujiwara. Über die Mittelkurve zweier geschlossenen konvexen Curven in Bezug auf einen Punkt. Tôhoku Math J., 10:99-103, 1916
  2. ^ Marek R. Rychlik, A complete solution to the equichordal point problem of Fujiwara, Blaschke, Rothe and Weizenböck, Inventiones Mathematicae, 1997, Volume 129, Number 1, Pages 141-212