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  1. Gabriele Bianchi

    Present address: Istituto di Analisi Globale e Applicazioni-C. N. R., Via S. Marta 13/A, I-50139, Firenze

  2. Peter M. Gruber

    Present address: Inst. f. Analysis, Techn. Math. u. Vers. Math., Techn. Univ. Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10, A-1040, Wien

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    Bianchi, G., Gruber, P.M. Characterizations of ellipsoids. Arch. Math 49, 344–350 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01210721

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