Realization conjecture for the discrete Dirac nullity of triangulated spheres

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Let an abstract triangulated sphere be realized in R3\mathbb{R}^3, and let D⁡\operatorname{D} denote its discrete Dirac operator. A triangulated-sphere realization conjecture. Every abstract triangulated sphere admits a realization in R3\mathbb{R}^3 with

dim⁡Ker⁡D⁡=4,\dim\operatorname{Ker}\operatorname{D}=4,

so that it has no non-trivial infinitesimal conformal deformation with vanishing change in mean-curvature half-density. Consequently, for almost all triangulated spheres in R3\mathbb{R}^3, infinitesimal conformal deformations are exactly parametrized by functions ρ:V→R\rho:V\to\mathbb{R} satisfying

∑iρi=0,\sum_i\rho_i=0,

as the change in mean-curvature half-density. This would extend the type of rigidity conclusion associated with Gluck's theorem from the known convex-realization setting to spheres of general combinatorics.

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Wai Yeung Lam and Ulrich Pinkall, “Infinitesimal conformal deformations of triangulated surfaces in space”, arXiv:1702.04019 (2018).

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