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The broadest three-segment unit arc

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We describe the broadest three-segment unit arc in the plane, and we conclude with some conjectures about the broadest n-segment unit arc for n > 3.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, Mathematics Building, College Park, MD, 20742-4015, USA

    Chatchawan Panraksa

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    John E. Wetzel

  3. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

    Wacharin Wichiramala

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Panraksa, C., Wetzel, J.E. & Wichiramala, W. The broadest three-segment unit arc. Period Math Hung 55, 157–168 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10998-007-4157-9

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