Möbius-conjugacy rigidity conjecture for an oval
Möbius-conjugacy rigidity conjecture for an oval
Let be an oval. For points , let be the involutions associated with the points, and set . Consider pairs for which either both points lie in the exterior of the oval and the line intersects the oval, or both points lie in the interior of . Möbius-conjugacy rigidity conjecture. Assume that for all such pairs of points the map is -conjugated to a Möbius transformation. Then is an ellipse. For an ellipse, the relevant maps arise as restrictions of hyperbolic isometries and are Möbius transformations on the circle at infinity; the source presents the converse characterization as a conjecture, with no resolution stated.
Sources & referencesView supporting material
Primary source
Serge Tabachnikov, “Remarks on rigidity properties of conics”, arXiv:2110.08909 (2021).
Progress summary
Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.
Solutions 0
Sign in to submit a solution.
No solutions have been posted yet.