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Convex bodies of constant width b in Euclidean 3-space (which are different from the round ball) may be regarded as generalizations of such a round ball of diameter b. They have quite surprising properties which make it interesting to study them more closely.
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Böhm, J. (2017). Convex Bodies of Constant Width. In: Fischer, G. (eds) Mathematical Models. Springer Spektrum, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18865-8_11
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