Realization conjecture for the discrete Dirac nullity of triangulated spheres
Realization conjecture for the discrete Dirac nullity of triangulated spheres
Let an abstract triangulated sphere be realized in , and let denote its discrete Dirac operator. A triangulated-sphere realization conjecture. Every abstract triangulated sphere admits a realization in with
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 , infinitesimal conformal deformations are exactly parametrized by functions satisfying
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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