Problem:
Let be the set of points in the Cartesian plane such that
Let denote the area of the intersection of and the disk of radius centered at the origin . Determine the minimum possible real number such that for all .
Problem:
Let be the set of points in the Cartesian plane such that
Let denote the area of the intersection of and the disk of radius centered at the origin . Determine the minimum possible real number such that for all .
Solution:
Let be the (closed) disc centered at with radius . Note that for all , , and . Let . Then and the intersection of with is , so , the area of , is also less than . Thus works.
On the other hand, if , then , which means that if , then . However, for , the area of is , and , , which means that for all , from which it is not hard to see that is the minimum possible .