Center of Mass of Uniform Density Body is Centroid

Theorem

Let $B$ be a body of uniform density.

Then the center of mass of $B$ coincides with the centroid of $B$.

Proof

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Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): centroid
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): centroid