Characterizations of balls by sections and caps (Q747567)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6495580
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    Characterizations of balls by sections and caps
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6495580

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      Characterizations of balls by sections and caps (English)
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      16 October 2015
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      The main result of this paper shows that if a convex body and a ball have equal constant volume of caps and equal constant areas of sections with respect to the supporting planes of a sphere, then the convex body is identical to the ball.
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      sections
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      caps
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      ball
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      sphere
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      characterization
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      isoperimetric inequality
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      floating body
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