Isosceles Trapezoid Peg Problem
Isosceles Trapezoid Peg Problem
Let a Jordan curve be a simple closed curve . An isosceles trapezoid is a quadrilateral whose vertices are the intersection set of two parallel lines and a circle; a curve inscribes a polygon if it contains four points forming a polygon similar to under an orientation-preserving similarity. Isosceles Trapezoid Peg Problem. Every Jordan curve inscribes every isosceles trapezoid. This is a generalisation of the Square Peg Problem and remains an open question in the stated generality, although the paper establishes the claim for smooth Jordan curves and additional nonsmooth cases.
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Primary source
Adam Barber, “Inscriptions of Isosceles Trapezoids in Jordan Curves”, arXiv:2604.27717 (2026).
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