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Equilibria of plane convex bodies

Differential Geometry 2024-08-20 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We obtain a formula for the number of horizontal equilibria of a planar convex body KK with respect to a center of mass OO in terms of the winding number of the evolute of K\partial K with respect to OO. The formula extends to the case where OO lies on the evolute of K\partial K and a suitably modified version holds true for non-horizontal equilibria.

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@article{arxiv.1909.05900,
  title  = {Equilibria of plane convex bodies},
  author = {Jonas Allemann and Norbert Hungerbühler and Micha Wasem},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.05900},
  year   = {2024}
}

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21 pages, 8 figures