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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ii Paper 2 26I b iii Solution by
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Fix any direction and choose a line in that direction lying outside the bounded domain. Steiner symmetrization in that direction preserves convexity and, by part (i), preserves area. Since minimizes perimeter among admissible convex domains of that area,Part (ii) gives the reverse inequality, so equality holds. Its equality characterization says that has an axis of symmetry parallel to . Since the direction was arbitrary, admits axes of symmetry in every direction.
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