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For a finite planar graph, it associates with some metric spaces, called (regular) spherical polyhedral surfaces, by replacing faces with regular spherical polygons in the unit sphere and gluing them edge-to-edge. We consider the class of…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-01 Yohji Akama , Bobo Hua , Yanhui Su

Rectangulations are decompositions of a square into finitely many axis-aligned rectangles. We describe realizations of $(n-1)$-dimensional polytopes associated with two combinatorial families of rectangulations composed of $n$ rectangles.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-06-30 Jean Cardinal , Vincent Pilaud

Orthogonal graph drawings are used in applications such as UML diagrams, VLSI layout, cable plans, and metro maps. We focus on drawing planar graphs and assume that we are given an \emph{orthogonal representation} that describes the desired…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Walter Didimo , Siddharth Gupta , Philipp Kindermann , Giuseppe Liotta , Alexander Wolff , Meirav Zehavi

A tetrahedron is called a path tetrahedron, if it has three mutually orthogonal edges that do not intersect at a single point. A tetrahedron is called a 4-ball tetrahedron, if there exists a sphere tangent to all its edges. We derive…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Sergey Korotov , Michal Krizek

Bisztriczky defines a multiplex as a generalization of a simplex, and an ordinary polytope as a generalization of a cyclic polytope. This paper presents results concerning the combinatorics of multiplexes and ordinary polytopes. The flag…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Margaret M. Bayer , Aaron M. Bruening , Joshua Stewart

Skeletal polyhedra and polygonal complexes are finite or infinite periodic structures in 3-space with interesting geometric, combinatorial, and algebraic properties. These structures can be viewed as finite or infinite periodic graphs…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-10-11 Egon Schulte , Asia Ivić Weiss

We characterise the form of all simple, finite graphs for which the girth of the graph is equal to the circumference of the graph. We apply this to prove a bound on the number of edges in such a graph.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-10-11 Lewis Stanton , Jeffrey Thompson

The symmetric edge polytope of a simple graph is a lattice polytope defined as the convex hull of a subset of the type A roots corresponding to the edges of the graph. In this article we prove a sharp lower bound for the number of edges of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-19 Giulia Codenotti , Roberto Riccardi , Lorenzo Venturello

In 3-dimensional Euclidean space there exist two exceptional polyhedra, the rhombic dodecahedron and the rhombic triacontahedron, the only known polytopes (besides polygons) that are edge-transitive without being vertex-transitive. We show…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2021-10-29 Frank Göring , Martin Winter

A closed quasigeodesic on a convex polyhedron is a closed curve that is locally straight outside of the vertices, where it forms an angle at most $\pi$ on both sides. While the existence of a simple closed quasigeodesic on a convex…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Jean Chartier , Arnaud de Mesmay

Simple polyhedra are $2$-dimensional polyhedra and important objects in low-dimensional geometry and in the applications of {\it fold} maps, defined as smooth maps regarded as higher dimensional variants of Morse functions. For example,…

General Topology · Mathematics 2022-08-29 Naoki Kitazawa

Symmetric edge polytopes are a recent and well-studied family of centrally symmetric polytopes arising from graphs. In this paper, we introduce a generalization of this family to arbitrary simplicial complexes. We show how topological…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Torben Donzelmann , Thiago Holleben , Martina Juhnke

We show that every orthogonal polyhedron of genus at most 2 can be unfolded without overlap while using only a linear number of orthogonal cuts (parallel to the polyhedron edges). This is the first result on unfolding general orthogonal…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-11-02 Mirela Damian , Erik Demaine , Robin Flatland , Joseph O'Rourke

We construct, for any positive integer n, a family of n congruent convex polyhedra in R^3, such that every pair intersects in a common facet. Previously, the largest such family contained only eight polytopes. Our polyhedra are Voronoi…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jeff Erickson

A tiling of a topological disc by topological discs is called monohedral if all tiles are congruent. Maltby (J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 66: 40-52, 1994) characterized the monohedral tilings of a square by three topological discs. Kurusa,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Bushra Basit , Zsolt Lángi

Consider an orthogonal polyhedron, i.e., a polyhedron where (at least after a suitable rotation) all faces are perpendicular to a coordinate axis, and hence all edges are parallel to a coordinate axis. Clearly, any facial angle and any…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-12-25 Therese Biedl , Martin Derka , Stephen Kiazyk , Anna Lubiw , Hamide Vosoughpour

We provide an algorithm for unfolding the surface of any orthogonal polyhedron that falls into a particular shape class we call Manhattan Towers, to a nonoverlapping planar orthogonal polygon. The algorithm cuts along edges of a 4x5x1…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Mirela Damian , Robin Flatland , Joseph O'Rourke

We consider the construction of a polygon $P$ with $n$ vertices whose turning angles at the vertices are given by a sequence $A=(\alpha_0,\ldots, \alpha_{n-1})$, $\alpha_i\in (-\pi,\pi)$, for $i\in\{0,\ldots, n-1\}$. The problem of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Alon Efrat , Radoslav Fulek , Stephen Kobourov , Csaba D. Tóth

A given order type in the plane can be represented by a point set. However, it might be difficult to recognize the orientations of some point triples. Recently, Aichholzer \etal \cite{abh19} introduced exit graphs for visualizing order…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Sergey Bereg , Mohammadreza Haghpanah

An outerplanar graph is a planar graph that has a planar drawing with all vertices on the unbounded face. The matching complex of a graph is the simplicial complex whose faces are subsets of disjoint edges of the graph. In this paper we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-11-08 Margaret Bayer , Marija Jelić Milutinović , Julianne Vega