All Polyhedral Manifolds are Connected by a 2-Step Refolding

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Hauptverfasser: Chung, Lily, Demaine, Erik D., Diomidova, Jenny, Kamata, Tonan, Lynch, Jayson, Uehara, Ryuhei, Zhang, Hanyu Alice
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author Chung, Lily
Demaine, Erik D.
Diomidova, Jenny
Kamata, Tonan
Lynch, Jayson
Uehara, Ryuhei
Zhang, Hanyu Alice
author_facet Chung, Lily
Demaine, Erik D.
Diomidova, Jenny
Kamata, Tonan
Lynch, Jayson
Uehara, Ryuhei
Zhang, Hanyu Alice
contents We prove that, for any two polyhedral manifolds $\mathcal P,\mathcal Q$, there is a polyhedral manifold $\mathcal I$ such that $\mathcal P,\mathcal I$ share a common unfolding and $\mathcal I,\mathcal Q$ share a common unfolding. In other words, we can unfold $\mathcal P$, refold (glue) that unfolding into $\mathcal I$, unfold $\mathcal I$, and then refold into $\mathcal Q$. Furthermore, if $\mathcal P,\mathcal Q$ have no boundary and can be embedded in 3D (without self-intersection), then so does $\mathcal I$. These results generalize to $n$ given manifolds $\mathcal P_1,\mathcal P_2, \dots, \mathcal P_n$; they all have a common unfolding with the same intermediate manifold $\mathcal I$. Allowing more than two unfold/refold steps, we obtain stronger results for two special cases: for doubly covered convex planar polygons, we achieve that all intermediate polyhedra are planar; and for tree-shaped polycubes, we achieve that all intermediate polyhedra are tree-shaped polycubes.
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spellingShingle All Polyhedral Manifolds are Connected by a 2-Step Refolding
Chung, Lily
Demaine, Erik D.
Diomidova, Jenny
Kamata, Tonan
Lynch, Jayson
Uehara, Ryuhei
Zhang, Hanyu Alice
Computational Geometry
We prove that, for any two polyhedral manifolds $\mathcal P,\mathcal Q$, there is a polyhedral manifold $\mathcal I$ such that $\mathcal P,\mathcal I$ share a common unfolding and $\mathcal I,\mathcal Q$ share a common unfolding. In other words, we can unfold $\mathcal P$, refold (glue) that unfolding into $\mathcal I$, unfold $\mathcal I$, and then refold into $\mathcal Q$. Furthermore, if $\mathcal P,\mathcal Q$ have no boundary and can be embedded in 3D (without self-intersection), then so does $\mathcal I$. These results generalize to $n$ given manifolds $\mathcal P_1,\mathcal P_2, \dots, \mathcal P_n$; they all have a common unfolding with the same intermediate manifold $\mathcal I$. Allowing more than two unfold/refold steps, we obtain stronger results for two special cases: for doubly covered convex planar polygons, we achieve that all intermediate polyhedra are planar; and for tree-shaped polycubes, we achieve that all intermediate polyhedra are tree-shaped polycubes.
title All Polyhedral Manifolds are Connected by a 2-Step Refolding
topic Computational Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.02174