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How do convex bodies sit?

Part of: General convexity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Tudor Zamfirescu
Tudor Zamfirescu
Affiliation:
Fachbereich Mathematik, Universität Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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Every homogeneous convex body in ℝd (d≥2) put to sit on a horizontal hyperplane finds a position of stable equilibrium. A cube has 2d such positions and an ellipsoid with pairwise distinct axis-lengths has 2. How many positions of stable equilibrium have most convex bodies?

The term “most” is understood in the Baire category sense. For various other results on most convex bodies, see [2], [4].

MSC classification

Secondary: 52A27: Approximation by convex sets
Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematika , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , June 1995 , pp. 178 - 181
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Copyright © University College London 1995

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