Uniqueness of Flotation and Buoyancy Surfaces for Convex Polytopes
Metric Geometry
2026-05-12 v1 Differential Geometry
Abstract
We prove that a convex polytope , , of uniform density floating in a liquid of density , is uniquely determined by its surface of flotation whenever . Analogously, we show that the buoyancy surface of a convex polytope with prescribed density uniquely determines .
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
16 pages, 7 figures