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A Converse to the Archimedes Sphere Theorem

  • Mohammad Ghomi
  • Ralph Howard
  • Mijia Lai
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Abstract

We show that a convex surface in Euclidean 3-space is a sphere if the area cut off from it by a slab of some fixed width depends only on the direction of the slab. This result generalizes theorems of Blaschke and Stamm, which assumed the slab-area property for every width. It holds also for any smooth closed embedded surface, and we obtain analogous results in higher dimensions. The proof is based on an averaging identity, which relates slab areas to the Newtonian potential of the surface, the electrostatic characterization of spheres by Mendez and Reichel, and analytic microlocal properties of the Radon transform, which are used to show that the slab-area property forces real analyticity, via theorems of Kashiwara and Boman.

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@misc{ghomi2026converse,
  title = {{A Converse to the Archimedes Sphere Theorem}},
  author = {Mohammad Ghomi and Ralph Howard and Mijia Lai},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.06261},
  eprint = {2610.06261},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.06261},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - A Converse to the Archimedes Sphere Theorem
AU  - Mohammad Ghomi
AU  - Ralph Howard
AU  - Mijia Lai
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/27
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.06261
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.06261
AB  - We show that a convex surface in Euclidean 3-space is a sphere if the area cut off from it by a slab of some fixed width depends only on the direction of the slab. This result generalizes theorems of Blaschke and Stamm, which assumed the slab-area property for every width. It holds also for any smooth closed embedded surface, and we obtain analogous results in higher dimensions. The proof is based on an averaging identity, which relates slab areas to the Newtonian potential of the surface, the electrostatic characterization of spheres by Mendez and Reichel, and analytic microlocal properties of the Radon transform, which are used to show that the slab-area property forces real analyticity, via theorems of Kashiwara and Boman.
ER  -