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Status of the smooth rectangular Peg problem [VEYQ]

https://www.math.columbia.edu/~ums/Peg%20problem%20-%20slides.pdf
  1. Emch (1913) solved the problem for smooth convex curves. (Proof uses configuration spaces and homology.)
  2. Schnirelman (1929) solved it for any smooth Jordan curve.

Theorem. Vaughan (1977) [local-0]

Every continuous Jordan curve contains four points forming the vertices of some rectangle. This is what 3b1b did, see video here.

Theorem. Greene-Lobb (2020) [local-1]

Given a smooth Jordan curve γ\gamma and a rectangle RR in the plane, then γ\gamma contain four points forming the vertices of a rectangle similar to R.