English

Spherical bodies of constant width

Metric Geometry 2018-01-08 v1

Abstract

The intersection LL of two different non-opposite hemispheres GG and HH of a dd-dimensional sphere SdS^d is called a lune. By the thickness of LL we mean the distance of the centers of the (d1)(d-1)-dimensional hemispheres bounding LL. For a hemisphere GG supporting a %spherical convex body CSdC \subset S^d we define widthG(C){\rm width}_G(C) as the thickness of the narrowest lune or lunes of the form GHG \cap H containing CC. If widthG(C)=w{\rm width}_G(C) =w for every hemisphere GG supporting CC, we say that CC is a body of constant width ww. We present properties of these bodies. In particular, we prove that the diameter of any spherical body CC of constant width ww on SdS^d is ww, and that if w<π2w < \frac{\pi}{2}, then CC is strictly convex. Moreover, we are checking when spherical bodies of constant width and constant diameter coincide.

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@article{arxiv.1801.01161,
  title  = {Spherical bodies of constant width},
  author = {Marek Lassak and Michał Musielak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.01161},
  year   = {2018}
}
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