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Kakeya needle problem
In mathematics, the Kakeya needle problem asks whether there is a minimum area of a region D in the plane, in which a needle can be turned through 360°. This question was first posed, for convex regions, in 1917 by Soichi Kakeya (1886-1947), a Japanese mathematician who worked mainly in mathematical analysis.
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