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A rigidity criterion for non-convex polyhedra

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v2 Metric Geometry

Abstract

Let PP be a (non necessarily convex) embedded polyhedron in R3\R^3, with its vertices on an ellipsoid. Suppose that the interior of PP can be decomposed into convex polytopes without adding any vertex. Then PP is infinitesimally rigid. More generally, let PP be a polyhedron bounding a domain which is the union of polytopes C1,...,CnC_1, ..., C_n with disjoint interiors, whose vertices are the vertices of PP. Suppose that there exists an ellipsoid which contains no vertex of PP but intersects all the edges of the CiC_i. Then PP is infinitesimally rigid. The proof is based on some geometric properties of hyperideal hyperbolic polyhedra.

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@article{arxiv.math/0301333,
  title  = {A rigidity criterion for non-convex polyhedra},
  author = {Jean-Marc Schlenker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0301333},
  year   = {2007}
}

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11 pages, 1 image. Revised versions will be posted on http://picard.ups-tlse.fr/~schlenker v2: one statement corrected, ref. added