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 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 is the sphere are classical.
Cite
@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