How many cages midscribe an egg?
Metric Geometry
2014-12-18 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
The Midscribability Theorem, which was first proved by O. Schramm, states that: given a strictly convex body with smooth boundary and a convex polyhedron , there exists a polyhedron combinatorially equivalent to which midscribes . Here the word "midscribe" means that all it's edges are tangent to the boundary surface of . By using of the intersection number technique, together with the Teichm\"{u}ller theory of packings, this paper provides an alternative approach to this theorem. Furthermore, combining Schramm's method with the above ones, the authors prove a rigidity result concerning this theorem as well. Namely, such a polyhedron is unique under certain normalization conditions.
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@article{arxiv.1412.5430,
title = {How many cages midscribe an egg?},
author = {Jinsong Liu and Ze Zhou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.5430},
year = {2014}
}
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15 pages, 1 figure