The Kakeya Problem [Part II]
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Given a unit horizontal length in the plane, what is the minimum area in which this line segment may be (cleverly) turned, so that its direction is reversed? Professor A. S. Besicovitch, who solved this problem, shows that no such minimum area exists.
Besicovitch, Abram Samoilovitch, 1891-1970
1962
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