Higher Schl{\"a}fli Formulas and Applications II. Vector-valued differential relations
Differential Geometry
2009-01-20 v3 Geometric Topology
Abstract
The classical Schl\"afli formula, and its ``higher'' analogs given in [SS03], are relations between the variations of the volumes and ``curvatures'' of faces of different dimensions of a polyhedra (which can be Euclidean, spherical or hyperbolic) under a first-order deformation. We describe here analogs of those formulas which are vector-valued rather than scalar. Some consequences follow, for instance constraints on where cone singularities can appear when a constant curvature manifold is deformed among cone-manifolds.
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@article{arxiv.math/0611499,
title = {Higher Schl{\"a}fli Formulas and Applications II. Vector-valued differential relations},
author = {Jean-Marc Schlenker and Rabah Souam},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611499},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
26 pages, no figure. v2: added 2 refs, improved intro. v3: added section on low dim examples