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Uniqueness of Flotation and Buoyancy Surfaces for Convex Polytopes

Metric Geometry 2026-05-12 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We prove that a convex polytope PRdP \subset \mathbb{R}^d, d2d \ge 2, of uniform density δ(0,1)\delta \in (0,1) floating in a liquid of density 11, is uniquely determined by its surface of flotation P[δ]P_{[\delta]} whenever δ12\delta \neq \tfrac{1}{2}. Analogously, we show that the buoyancy surface CδP\mathcal{C}_\delta P of a convex polytope PP with prescribed density δ(0,1)\delta \in (0,1) uniquely determines PP.

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@article{arxiv.2605.09776,
  title  = {Uniqueness of Flotation and Buoyancy Surfaces for Convex Polytopes},
  author = {Susanna Dann and Orli Herscovici and Sergii Myroshnychenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.09776},
  year   = {2026}
}

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16 pages, 7 figures