What is isoepiphany in math?

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Archimedes studied isoepiphany, later handled by an arabic scholar al Haytham but I can't find a defintion?

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Note "isoperimetry" and "isoepiphany" are often listed together.

Classically, the isoperimetric theorem is: among plane figures with given perimeter, the figure of maximum area is the circle. The corresponding isoepiphanic theorem is: among solid bodies with given surface area, the body of maximum volume is the sphere.

Classical Greek geometers formulated these but did not prove them.

In 1882 the first satisfactory proofs of the classical isoperimetric and isoepiphanic problems were published, by L. Edlinand and H. A. Schwartz, respectively

quoted from:
Danilova, N. Ī., "The development of the traditional methods of isoperimetric theory".(Russian) Sketches on the history of mathematical physics (Russian), 41–47, vol. 184 (1985)