On bodies floating in equilibrium in every orientation

DOI10.1007/S10711-023-00807-WzbMATH Open1517.51007arXiv2010.09565OpenAlexW3213304292MaRDI QIDQ6157844FDOQ6157844

Authors: D. Ryabogin 

Publication date: 22 June 2023

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Ulam's problem 19 from the Scottish Book asks: {it is a solid of uniform density which floats in water in every position necessarily a sphere?} We obtain several results related to this problem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.09565

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zbMATH Keywords

Ulam's problemfloating bodiesnormal curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hyperbolic and elliptic geometries (general) and generalizations (51M10) Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20)

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