content / mathematics / square_peg
Wikenigma - an Encyclopedia of Unknowns Wikenigma - an Encyclopedia of the Unknown
The square peg problem
The Square Peg Problem (a.k.a. the Inscribed Square Problem and the Toeplitz' Conjecture) is a geometry problem proposed by German mathematician Otto Toeplitz in 1911.
It can be stated as :
"Does every plane simple closed curve contain all four vertices of some square?"
or :
"Does every continuous simple closed curve in the plane γ : S1 → R2 contains four points that are the vertices of a square?"
or :
"Does every Jordan curve have an inscribed square?"
It remains unsolved.
For technical details see :A survey on the square peg problem, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 61 (4): 346–352.
Show another (random) article
Suggestions for corrections and ideas for articles are welcomed : Get in touch!
Further resources :