On C^2-smooth surfaces of constant width

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Authors Brendan Guilfoyle, Wilhelm Klingenberg

Publication date 7 September 2010

Published in Tbilisi Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.3248, http://www.tcms.org.ge/Journals/TMJ/Volume2/abstract2_1.html

zbMATH Keywords

constant widthconvex geometryline congruence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05)

Abstract: A number of results for C${}^2$-smooth surfaces of constant width in Euclidean 3-space ${mathbbE}^3$ are obtained. In particular, an integral inequality for constant width surfaces is established. This is used to prove that the ratio of volume to cubed width of a constant width surface is reduced by shrinking it along its normal lines. We also give a characterization of surfaces of constant width that have rational support function. Our techniques, which are complex differential geometric in nature, allow us to construct explicit smooth surfaces of constant width in ${mathbbE}^3$, and their focal sets. They also allow for easy construction of tetrahedrally symmetric surfaces of constant width.

Review text

The Blaschke Lebesgue theorem states that of all plane sets of given constant width the Reuleaux triangle has least area. The present paper is devoted to investigations in the case \(n=3\). Comparing the volume of a surface with constant width with the volume of the round sphere of the same width gives a functional which is proved to increase, when going to a parallel surface along the outer normals. So, obviously, one has to shrink the surface along the normals to get a better result. To keep convexity, the shrinking process has to be stopped when the surface touches the set of focal points. In case of a rational support function explicit examples with constant width are constructed.

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