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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