Characterization of polytopes via tilings with similar pieces

DOI10.1007/S00454-011-9331-2zbMATH Open1246.52005arXiv1011.4651OpenAlexW2085145859MaRDI QIDQ664362FDOQ664362

Authors: Karim Adiprasito 

Publication date: 1 March 2012

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Generalizing results by Valette, Zamfirescu and Laczkovich, we will prove that a convex body $K$ is a polytope if there are sufficiently many tilings which contain a tile similar to $K$. Furthermore, we give an example that this can not be improved.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.4651

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zbMATH Keywords

convex bodiespolytopestilingssimilarities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in (n) dimensions (including convex hypersurfaces) (52A20) Tilings in (n) dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C22)

Cites Work

• Decomposition of convex figures into similar pieces
• Les partages d'un polygone convexe en 4 polygones semblables au premier

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• A Local Characterization of Combinatorial Multihedrality in Tilings
• A criterion for the affine equivalence of cell complexes in \(R^ d\) and convex polyhedra in \(R^{d+1}\)

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