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 with respect to a center of mass in terms of the winding number of the evolute of with respect to . The formula extends to the case where lies on the evolute of and a suitably modified version holds true for non-horizontal equilibria.
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
21 pages, 8 figures