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Dihedral angles and orthogonal polyhedra

Computational Geometry 2013-12-25 v1

Abstract

Consider an orthogonal polyhedron, i.e., a polyhedron where (at least after a suitable rotation) all faces are perpendicular to a coordinate axis, and hence all edges are parallel to a coordinate axis. Clearly, any facial angle and any dihedral angle is a multiple of π/2\pi/2. In this note we explore the converse: if the facial and/or dihedral angles are all multiples of π/2\pi /2, is the polyhedron necessarily orthogonal? The case of facial angles was answered previously. In this note we show that if both the facial and dihedral angles are multiples of π/2\pi /2 then the polyhedron is orthogonal (presuming connectivity), and we give examples to show that the condition for dihedral angles alone does not suffice.

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@article{arxiv.1312.6824,
  title  = {Dihedral angles and orthogonal polyhedra},
  author = {Therese Biedl and Martin Derka and Stephen Kiazyk and Anna Lubiw and Hamide Vosoughpour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.6824},
  year   = {2013}
}

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3 pages

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