The four vertex theorem and ts converse

Notices of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-207

  DeTurck, Dennis ^a   Gluck, Herman ^a   Pomerleano, Daniel ^a   Vick, David Shea ^a  

^a Department of Mathematics ^*  (United States)

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