A short proof of rigidity of convex polytopes

2006/02/25 by Pak, Igor · 1 citation
#52B99 #52C25 #Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Mathematics #Metric Geometry (math.MG)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0602579

Abstract

We present a much simplified proof of Dehn's theorem on the infinitesimal rigidity of convex polytopes. Our approach is based on the ideas of Trushkina and Schramm.

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