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On the Relative Widths of Coverings by Convex Bodies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2019

W.O.J. Moser*
Affiliation:
University of Saskatchewan and Research Institute C.M.C.
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The purpose of this note is to give an elementary proof of a special case of a theorem suggested by Th. Bang (2; 3) and proved by Lee et al (5; see also 1; 4; 6; 7; 8).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1958

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