Generalized D-forms have no spurious creases (Q848862)

A convex piecewise-\(C^2\) surface such that every piece is isometric to a convex plane region with smooth boundary is called a \textit{convex smooth seam form}. If it has exactly two components, then it is called a \textit{\(D\)-form}. A \(D\)-form \(S\) decomposes into a union of two \(C^2\) surfaces: \(S_1\) and \(S_2\) (the pieces), some \(C^2\) edges \(\gamma_j\) (called \textit{semicreases}) and some vertices. If \(S\) is \(C^1\) everywhere on a semicrease, we call it a \textit{proper semicrease}; otherwise it is a \textit{crease}. A convex piecewise-\(C^2\) surface such that every piece is flat is called a \textit{seam form}. Such a surface decomposes uniquely into maximal connected flat open subcomplexes, called \textit{flat components}, and some leftover semicreases and vertices, the connected components of which are called \textit{seams}. In this paper the following results, among others, are proved: - Every 3-dimensional convex body is the convex hull of the nonflat points on its surface. - Every piecewise-\(C^2\) surface with flat components is the convex hull of its seams and vertices. - In a component of a piecewise-\(C^2\) surface with flat components, every crease lies on a line segment composed of creases, and each endpoint of such a segment is either a strict vertex or a point of tangency of a seam. - The flat components of a \(D\)-form are without creases. If a convex smooth seam form has only one component (and then it is called a \textit{pita form}), then the only crease(s), if any, of its component make up the line segment between the endpoints of the seam.