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Putnam 1990 B6

  • Session B

Let SS be a nonempty closed bounded convex set in the plane. Let KK be a line and tt a positive number. Let L1L_1 and L2L_2 be support lines for SS parallel to K1K_1, and let L‾\overline{L} be the line parallel to KK and midway between L1L_1 and L2L_2. Let BS(K,t)B_S(K, t) be the band of points whose distance from L‾\overline{L} is at most (t/2)w(t/2)w, where ww is the distance between L1L_1 and L2L_2. What is the smallest tt such that S∩⋂KBS(K,t)≠∅S \cap \bigcap_K B_S(K, t) \neq \emptyset for all SS? (KK runs over all lines in the plane.)

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