Brainchild of Gábor Domokos and Péter Várkonyi, after a conjecture/question by Vladimir Arnold.
Definition:
The 'Gömböc' is the first known homogenous object with one stable and one unstable equilibrium point, thus two equilibria altogether on a horizontal surface. It can be proven that no object with less than two equilibria exists.
2014 • 09 • 30
