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There are no algebraically integrable ovals in even-dimensional spaces

Algebraic Geometry 2014-07-29 v1

Abstract

We prove that there are no bounded domains with smooth boundaries in even-dimensional Euclidean spaces, such that the volumes cut off from them by affine hyperplanes depend algebraically on these hyperplanes. For convex ovals in R2R^2, this is Lemma XXVIII from Newton's "Principia".

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@article{arxiv.1407.7221,
  title  = {There are no algebraically integrable ovals in even-dimensional spaces},
  author = {Victor A. Vassiliev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.7221},
  year   = {2014}
}
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