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Constant Scalar Curvature Metrics on Boundary Complexes of Cyclic Polytopes

Differential Geometry 2010-09-17 v1

Abstract

In [7], a notion of constant scalar curvature metrics on piecewise flat manifolds is defined. Such metrics are candidates for canonical metrics on discrete manifolds. In this paper, we define a class of vertex transitive metrics on certain triangulations of S3\mathbb{S}^3; namely, the boundary complexes of cyclic polytopes. We use combinatorial properties of cyclic polytopes to show that, for any number of vertices, these metrics have constant scalar curvature.

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@article{arxiv.1009.3061,
  title  = {Constant Scalar Curvature Metrics on Boundary Complexes of Cyclic Polytopes},
  author = {Daniel Champion and Andrew Marchese and Jacob Miller and Andrea Young},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.3061},
  year   = {2010}
}

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15 pages, 4 figures