Can a Jordan convex curve be rewritten as the image of 4 monotone real functions?












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Is it true that a smooth Jordan curve $C subseteq mathbb{R}^2$ that is convex (in the sense that the region bounded by this curve is convex) can be rewritten as the union of the image sets of 4 monotone functions $phi_j colon I_j subseteq mathbb{R} mapsto mathbb{R}$ ?



If $C$ is a circle or an ellipse then it is true as we have explicit parametrizations. Considering this I would like to know what happens in a more general context.










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    A well known problem, not easy to solve, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-vertex_theorem.
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    – Michael Hoppe
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    Yes. Consider the minimum/maximum of both coordinates of points in $C$.
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Is it true that a smooth Jordan curve $C subseteq mathbb{R}^2$ that is convex (in the sense that the region bounded by this curve is convex) can be rewritten as the union of the image sets of 4 monotone functions $phi_j colon I_j subseteq mathbb{R} mapsto mathbb{R}$ ?



If $C$ is a circle or an ellipse then it is true as we have explicit parametrizations. Considering this I would like to know what happens in a more general context.










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    A well known problem, not easy to solve, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-vertex_theorem.
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    – Michael Hoppe
    Nov 29 '18 at 15:09










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    Yes. Consider the minimum/maximum of both coordinates of points in $C$.
    $endgroup$
    – Berci
    Nov 29 '18 at 15:10














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Is it true that a smooth Jordan curve $C subseteq mathbb{R}^2$ that is convex (in the sense that the region bounded by this curve is convex) can be rewritten as the union of the image sets of 4 monotone functions $phi_j colon I_j subseteq mathbb{R} mapsto mathbb{R}$ ?



If $C$ is a circle or an ellipse then it is true as we have explicit parametrizations. Considering this I would like to know what happens in a more general context.










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Is it true that a smooth Jordan curve $C subseteq mathbb{R}^2$ that is convex (in the sense that the region bounded by this curve is convex) can be rewritten as the union of the image sets of 4 monotone functions $phi_j colon I_j subseteq mathbb{R} mapsto mathbb{R}$ ?



If $C$ is a circle or an ellipse then it is true as we have explicit parametrizations. Considering this I would like to know what happens in a more general context.







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  • $begingroup$
    A well known problem, not easy to solve, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-vertex_theorem.
    $endgroup$
    – Michael Hoppe
    Nov 29 '18 at 15:09










  • $begingroup$
    Yes. Consider the minimum/maximum of both coordinates of points in $C$.
    $endgroup$
    – Berci
    Nov 29 '18 at 15:10


















  • $begingroup$
    A well known problem, not easy to solve, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-vertex_theorem.
    $endgroup$
    – Michael Hoppe
    Nov 29 '18 at 15:09










  • $begingroup$
    Yes. Consider the minimum/maximum of both coordinates of points in $C$.
    $endgroup$
    – Berci
    Nov 29 '18 at 15:10
















$begingroup$
A well known problem, not easy to solve, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-vertex_theorem.
$endgroup$
– Michael Hoppe
Nov 29 '18 at 15:09




$begingroup$
A well known problem, not easy to solve, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-vertex_theorem.
$endgroup$
– Michael Hoppe
Nov 29 '18 at 15:09












$begingroup$
Yes. Consider the minimum/maximum of both coordinates of points in $C$.
$endgroup$
– Berci
Nov 29 '18 at 15:10




$begingroup$
Yes. Consider the minimum/maximum of both coordinates of points in $C$.
$endgroup$
– Berci
Nov 29 '18 at 15:10










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