On the section of a convex polyhedron (Q1893178)

Let \(P\) be a convex polyhedron in \(\mathbb{R}^3\), and \(E\) be a plane cutting \(P\). The authors establish the sharp inequality \[ \text{perimeter} (P \cap E) < {2 \over 3} L(P), \] where \(L(P)\) denotes the sum of the edge-lengths of \(P\). To prove the result, they project the polyhedron \(P\) orthogonally into the plane \(E\) and compare the perimeter of the projection of \(P\) to the length \(L(P)\). A corollary of the main result is that for any tetrahedron \(T\) contained in a convex polytope \(P\), \(L(T) < {4 \over 3} L(P)\).