Spherical bodies of constant width
Metric Geometry
2018-01-08 v1
Abstract
The intersection of two different non-opposite hemispheres and of a -dimensional sphere is called a lune. By the thickness of we mean the distance of the centers of the -dimensional hemispheres bounding . For a hemisphere supporting a %spherical convex body we define as the thickness of the narrowest lune or lunes of the form containing . If for every hemisphere supporting , we say that is a body of constant width . We present properties of these bodies. In particular, we prove that the diameter of any spherical body of constant width on is , and that if , then is strictly convex. Moreover, we are checking when spherical bodies of constant width and constant diameter coincide.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1801.01161,
title = {Spherical bodies of constant width},
author = {Marek Lassak and Michał Musielak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.01161},
year = {2018}
}