Due to recent results by the authors, Holditch's original proof of his eponymous theorem is effective when applied to a sufficiently smooth convex curve with positive curvature, since such curves were shown to possess a smooth envelope generated by a traveling chord. In the present work, we smoothly approximate a convex curve satisfying only a mild local obtuseness condition, and thereby derive Holditch's theorem for such curves without requiring them to possess an envelope.

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Ronald J. Stern

Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

ron.stern@concordia.ca

H. Proppe, A. Stancu, R. J. Stern. “Approximation Approach to Holditch's Theorem.” Journal of Convex Analysis 32 (2025), No. 3, 723–730.