Kakeya-Besicovitch Constants A region R in the plane is a Kakeya region if, inside R, a line segment of unit length can be reversed , i.e., manuvered continuously and without leaving R to reach its original position but rotated through 180 degrees. Kakeya asked what the least possible area of such a region R might be.
DIfferent restrictions give rise to different results.
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