An analogue of a theorem of van der Waerden, and its application to two-distance preserving mappings

DOI10.1007/S10998-016-0136-1MaRDI QIDQ1677552zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Victor Alexandrov

Publication date 10 November 2017

Published in Periodica Mathematica Hungarica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.03870

zbMATH Keywords

Beckman-Quarles theoremCayley-Menger determinantcross-polytopeeuclidean spacepentagon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of distance geometry (51K05) (n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11) Polyhedral manifolds (52B70) Rigidity and flexibility of structures (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C25)

Abstract: The van der Waerden's theorem reads that an equilateral pentagon in Euclidean 3-space $Bbb{E}^3$ with all diagonals of the same length is necessarily planar and its vertex set coincides with the vertex set of some convex regular pentagon. We prove the following many-dimensional analogue of this theorem: for $ngeqslant2$, every $n$-dimensional cross-polytope in $Bbb{E}^{2n-2}$ with all diagonals of the same length and all edges of the same length necessarily lies in $Bbb{E}^n$ and hence is a convex regular cross-polytope. We also apply our theorem to the study of two-distance preserving mappings of Euclidean spaces.

Review text

A famous theorem of \textit{B. L. van der Waerden} [Elem. Math. 25, 73--78 (1970; Zbl 0196.24101)] says that a regular pentagon in \(3\)-space (i.e., being equilateral plus having diagonals of equal length) is necessarily planar and a convex regular pentagon. Inspired by this, the author proves the following nice analogous result: For any \(n > 1\), every equilateral \(n\)-dimensional cross-polytope embedded into \((2n-2)\)-space with all diagonals of the same length, lies in \(n\)-space and is therefore a convex regular cross-polytope. The author applies this also to two-distance preserving mappings (in the spirit of the Beckman-Quarles theorem).

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