Cyclic quadrilaterals and smooth Jordan curves

Abstract

For every smooth Jordan curve $\gamma$ and cyclic quadrilateral $Q$ in the Euclidean plane, we show that there exists an orientation-preserving similarity taking the vertices of $Q$ to $\gamma$. The proof relies on the theorem of Polterovich and Viterbo that an embedded Lagrangian torus in ${\mathbb{C}}^2$ has minimum Maslov number 2.

4 pages, 1 figure