Proof of László Fejes Tóth's zone conjecture (Q1688813)

In [Am. Math. Mon. 80, 1043--1044 (1973; Zbl 0274.52014)], \textit{L. Fejes Tóth} conjectured that the total width of any set of zones covering the 2-dimensional unit sphere is at least \(\pi\). Here, a \textit{zone of width \(\omega\)} on the unit sphere is defined as the set of points within spherical distance \(\omega/2\) of a given great circle. In the paper under review, the authors prove this conjecture, and generalize it to the \(d\)-dimensional sphere. Moreover, they study the Fejes Tóth zone problem: is it true that if a convex spherical domain is covered by a set of zones of total width \(\omega\), then it can be covered by one zone of width \(\omega\)? They give an affirmative answer to this question in the case of centrally symmetric convex domains.