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Existence and uniqueness theorem for convex polyhedral metrics on compact surfaces

Differential Geometry 2010-11-16 v1

Abstract

We state that any constant curvature Riemannian metric with conical singularities of constant sign curvature on a compact (orientable) surface SS can be realized as a convex polyhedron in a Riemannian or Lorentzian) space-form. Moreover such a polyhedron is unique, up to global isometries, among convex polyhedra invariant under isometries acting on a totally umbilical surface. This general statement falls apart into 10 different cases. The cases when SS is the sphere are classical.

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@article{arxiv.1011.3123,
  title  = {Existence and uniqueness theorem for convex polyhedral metrics on compact surfaces},
  author = {François Fillastre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.3123},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Survey paper. No proof. 10 pages

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