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OUR HISTORY
GÖMBÖC IN THE MEDIA
It is proveable that no object exists with less than two
equilibria. For many years, it seemed that no such object can exist,
until Vladimir I. Arnold, the world famous Russian mathematician,
came up with the conjecture that such an object can possibly exist.
He had a conversation about this idea with Gabor Domokos at a
conference in 1995.
After almost a decade of research, two Hungarian mathematicians,
Gábor Domokos and Péter Várkonyi have called into existence this
unique mathematical innovation, the Gömböc. Impossible became
possible.
Since then, the Gömböc has become not only the symbol of
Hungarian innovation, but also it is regarded worldwide as an
outstanding example of the physical manifestation of an outstanding
mathematical idea.
Gömböc has made its debut on the cover of the prestigious international journal, The
Mathematical Intelligencer. The pervious Hungarian invention on this cover was
Rubik’s Cube, in 1979. In 2007, Gömböc was featured among the 70 most interesting inventions
of the year by the New York Times Magazine. The inventors presented Gömböc 001 to Professor
V.I. Arnold on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Gömböc 1209 is available on a permanent
exhibition at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science at the University of Cambridge.
Gömböc was the symbol of Hungary at the World Expo in Shanghai, in 2010. In the last years,
Gömböc appeared among others at the University of Oxford and Princeton, on the biennial world
chef championship, Bocuse d’Or, in an opera of Halle, on BBC with Stephen Fry and was presented at
several exhibitions worldwide. So far, articles in 28 languages have been published about Gömböc.