Mathematical  Culture and Thought

Mathematical Culture and Thought

The Inscribed Square: A Beautiful Problem in Geometry and Topology

Document Type : Review

Authors
Faculty of Mathematics, University of Kashan, Iran
Abstract
The inscribed square problem, also known as the square peg problem or the
Toeplitz’ conjecture, is an unsolved question in geometry: Does every plane simple
closed curve contain all four vertices of some square? This is true if the curve is convex
or piecewise smooth and in other special cases. The problem was proposed by Otto
Toeplitz in 1911. Some early positive results were obtained by Arnold Emch and Lev
Schnirelmann. As of 2022, the general case remains open. In this paper we give a brief
survey of most important results in this respect.
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Volume 41, Issue 1 - Serial Number 70
November 2022
Pages 113-130

  • Receive Date 17 April 2020
  • Revise Date 01 February 2021
  • Accept Date 02 February 2021
  • Publish Date 23 October 2022