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Every Tetrahedron has a 3-vertex Quasigeodesic

Metric Geometry 2022-02-10 v2

Abstract

We prove that every tetrahedron T has a simple, closed quasigeodesic that passes through three vertices of T. Equivalently, every T has a face whose "exterior angles" are at most pi.

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@article{arxiv.2109.07444,
  title  = {Every Tetrahedron has a 3-vertex Quasigeodesic},
  author = {Joseph O'Rourke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.07444},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

10 pages, 3 figures, 3 references. V2: Removed tangential claim concerning 2-vertex quasigeodesics