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- Napkin_ring_problem abstract "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 not depend on the original sphere's radius but only on the resulting band's height.The problem is so called because after removing a cylinder from the sphere, the remaining band resembles the shape of a napkin ring.".