Surface of constant width

Unsolved problem in mathematics:

What is the minimum volume among all shapes of the same constant width?

Surface of revolution of a Reuleaux triangle, from the Mathematical Model Collection Marburg
Surface of revolution of a Reuleaux triangle, from the Mathematical Model Collection Marburg

In geometry, a surface of constant width is a convex form whose width, measured by the distance between two opposite parallel planes touching its boundary, is the same regardless of the direction of those two parallel planes. One defines the width of the surface in a given direction to be the perpendicular distance between the parallels perpendicular to that direction. Thus, a surface of constant width is the three-dimensional analogue of a curve of constant width, a two-dimensional shape with a constant distance between pairs of parallel tangent lines.


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