In search for a perfect shape of polyhedra: Buffon transformation

DOI10.4171/LEM/61-3/4-1MaRDI QIDQ330018zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Veronika Schreiber, Joseph P. Ward, A. P. Veselov

Publication date 24 October 2016

Published in L'Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.5354

zbMATH Keywords

affine polyhedraspectral graph theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and linear algebra (matrices, eigenvalues, etc.) (05C50) Three-dimensional polytopes (52B10)

Abstract: For an arbitrary polygon consider a new one by joining the centres of consecutive edges. Iteration of this procedure leads to a shape which is affine equivalent to a regular polygon. This regularisation effect is usually ascribed to Count Buffon (1707-1788). We discuss a natural analogue of this procedure for 3-dimensional polyhedra, which leads to a new notion of affine $B$-regular polyhedra. The main result is the proof of existence of star-shaped affine $B$-regular polyhedra with prescribed combinatorial structure, under partial symmetry and simpliciality assumptions. The proof is based on deep results from spectral graph theory due to Colin de Verdiere and Lovasz.

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Summary: For an arbitrary polygon generate a new one by joining the centres of consecutive edges. Iteration of this procedure leads to a shape which is affine equivalent to a regular polygon. This regularisation effect is usually ascribed to Count Buffon (1707--1788). We discuss a natural analogue of this procedure for 3-dimensional polyhedra, which leads to a new notion of affine \(B\)-regular polyhedra. The main result is the proof of existence of star-shaped affine \(B\)-regular polyhedra with prescribed combinatorial structure, under partial symmetry and simpliciality assumptions. The proof is based on deep results from spectral graph theory due to Colin de Verdière and Lovász.

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