A sphere as a surface which contains many circles (Q1062016)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3911187
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    A sphere as a surface which contains many circles
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3911187

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      A sphere as a surface which contains many circles (English)
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      A sphere in \(E^ 3\) is characterized as a compact simply connected \(C^{\infty}\) surface which contains three circles through each point. This and three related theorems are shown by arguments which mainly come from classical surface theory.
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      umbilical points
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      surface
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      circles
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