Two-body flat-shadow characterization of concentric homothetic ellipsoids
Two-body flat-shadow characterization of concentric homothetic ellipsoids
Let , , be convex bodies with . Two-body flat-shadow conjecture. If for every there are at least point light sources on the supporting cone of with apex at such that casts a shadow with flat boundary on , then and are concentric, homothetic ellipsoids. This generalizes a theorem for light sources at boundary points and parallel shadow hyperplanes; the stated generalization remains open.
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Bartłomiej Zawalski, “On flat shadow boundaries from point light sources and the characterization of ellipsoids”, arXiv:2603.29130 (2026).
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