Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie / Contributions to Algebra and Geometry, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 517-521 (2001)

A Measure of Asymmetry for Domains of Constant Width

H. Groemer, L. J. Wallen

Department of Mathematics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA e-mail: groemer@math.arizona.edu; Department of Mathematics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Abstract: We introduce for convex domains of constant width a measure of asymmetry and show that the most asymmetric domains are Reuleaux triangles.

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