A sphere as a surface which contains many circles (Q1062016)
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A sphere as a surface which contains many circles (English)
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1985
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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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