Planar central-symmetry conjecture for equichordal supporting chords

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Let K,L⊂R2K,L\subset\mathbb R^2 be convex bodies with L⊂int⁡KL\subset\operatorname{int}K, and suppose that LL is centrally symmetric. Planar central-symmetry conjecture. If every pair of parallel chords of KK supporting LL has the same length, then KK is centrally symmetric. This is the two-dimensional analogue of the preceding characterization theorem, since the corresponding conclusion in dimension at least three is that both bodies are homothetic and concentric ellipsoids. The conjecture is stated as an expected extension to the planar setting.

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Victor A. Aguilar-Arteaga, Rafael Iván Ayala-Figueroa, Jesús Jerónimo-Castro and Efrén Morales-Amaya, “An equichordal characterization of the ellipsoid and the sphere”, arXiv:2308.02956 (2026).

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