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  2. Spherical shell - Wikipedia

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    Spherical shell. spherical shell, right: two halves. In geometry, a spherical shell is a generalization of an annulus to three dimensions. It is the region of a ball between two concentric spheres of differing radii. [1]

  3. Shell theorem - Wikipedia

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    The mass of any of the discs is the mass of the sphere multiplied by the ratio of the volume of an infinitely thin disc divided by the volume of a sphere (with constant radius ). The volume of an infinitely thin disc is π R 2 d x {\displaystyle \pi R^{2}\,dx} , or π ( a 2 − x 2 ) d x {\textstyle \pi \left(a^{2}-x^{2}\right)dx} .

  4. Spherical sector - Wikipedia

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    Intersection of a sphere and cone emanating from its center. A spherical sector (blue) A spherical sector. In geometry, a spherical sector, [1] also known as a spherical cone, [2] is a portion of a sphere or of a ball defined by a conical boundary with apex at the center of the sphere. It can be described as the union of a spherical cap and the ...

  5. Sphere - Wikipedia

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    A sphere (from Greek σφαῖρα, sphaîra) [1] is a geometrical object that is a three-dimensional analogue to a two-dimensional circle. Formally, a sphere is the set of points that are all at the same distance r from a given point in three-dimensional space. [2] That given point is the center of the sphere, and r is the sphere's radius.

  6. Volume of an n-ball - Wikipedia

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    An n -ball is a ball in an n -dimensional Euclidean space. The volume of a n-ball is the Lebesgue measure of this ball, which generalizes to any dimension the usual volume of a ball in 3-dimensional space. The volume of a n -ball of radius R is where is the volume of the unit n -ball, the n -ball of radius 1.

  7. n-sphere - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, an n-sphere or hypersphere is an ⁠ ⁠ - dimensional generalization of the ⁠ ⁠ -dimensional circle and ⁠ ⁠ -dimensional sphere to any non-negative integer ⁠ ⁠. The circle is considered 1-dimensional, and the sphere 2-dimensional, because the surfaces themselves are 1- and 2-dimensional respectively, not because ...

  8. Napkin ring problem - Wikipedia

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    For a larger sphere, the band will be thinner but longer. In geometry, the napkin-ring problem involves finding the volume of a "band" of specified height around a sphere, i.e. the part that remains after a hole in the shape of a circular cylinder is drilled through the center of the sphere. It is a counterintuitive fact that this volume does ...

  9. Surface-area-to-volume ratio - Wikipedia

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    Plot of the surface-area:volume ratio (SA:V) for a 3-dimensional ball, showing the ratio decline inversely as the radius of the ball increases. A solid sphere or ball is a three-dimensional object, being the solid figure bounded by a sphere. (In geometry, the term sphere properly refers only to the surface, so a sphere thus lacks volume in this ...