ROLLING SURFACES

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They are surfaces that delimit convex bodies of constant width and that can move between two parallel planes always touching a point on one plane and a point on the other… a sphere, a cylinder, revolutions of curves of constant width and other intriguing shapes.

Question

What is the perimeter of a circumference?

Answer  Solution

Cassini's ovals in a torus

Index

Minimal surfaces


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