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Is there a convex three-dimensional body with constant width and only finitely-many equilibria? Or: do spheroform gömböcök exist?
Mathematical questions. The mathematical (and 'gravity'-free) formulation of the question in the title is given by the following questions:
Q1. Does there exist $(a,b)\in\omega^2\setminus\{(0,0)\}$ ...
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When are principal lines of curvature geodesics?
Let $S$ be a smooth surface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$.
When are (some of) the principal lines of curvature geodesics
on $S$? Perhaps on the ellipsoid below, the (blue) central
cycle, a max principal ...
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