A negative answer to Ulam's Problem 19 from the Scottish Book

DOI10.4007/ANNALS.2022.195.3.5arXiv2102.01787MaRDI QIDQ6359692FDOQ6359692

Authors: D. Ryabogin 

Publication date: 2 February 2021

Abstract: We give a negative answer to Ulam's Problem 19 from the Scottish Book asking {it is a solid of uniform density which will float in water in every position a sphere?} Assuming that the density of water is $1$, we show that there exists a strictly convex body of revolution $Ksubsetmathbb{R}^3$ of uniform density $frac12$, which is not a Euclidean ball, yet floats in equilibrium in every orientation. We prove an analogous result in all dimensions $dge3$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Convex sets in (3) dimensions (including convex surfaces) (52A15)

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