Simplices whose dihedral angles are all rational multiples of \(\pi\), and related topics (Q722346)

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    Simplices whose dihedral angles are all rational multiples of \(\pi\), and related topics (English)
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    23 July 2018
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    This interesting paper deals with the dihedral angles of \(n\)-simplices. It is proved (Theorem 2.5) that for every \(n \geq 2\), there are infinitely many, mutually non-similar \(n\)-dimensional Hill-simplices whose dihedral angles are all rational multiples of \(\pi\). The following problem is raised. Problem 2.6. If the dihedral angles of an \(n\)-simplex are all rational multiples of \(\pi\), is this simplex then a space-filler? Using the theorem concerning fairly-inscribed \(n\)-symplices (Theorem 4.2) and the outer normal transformation among others, it is showed (Theorem 5.3) that for every \(n \geq 3\), there are uncountably many, mutually non-similar \(n\) simplices whose dihedral angles are \(\pi\)-independent.
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    Hill-simplex
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    outer normal transformation
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    dihedral angle
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    \(\pi\)-independent number
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    elementary function
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    identity theorem
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