Dihedral-angle averaging conjecture for truncated tetrahedra

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Let ℓ∈R\ell\in\mathbb{R}, let Δ∈Tℓ\Delta\in{\mathcal{T}}_{\ell}, and let θij\theta_{ij}, 1≤i<j≤41\leq i<j\leq4, be the dihedral angles of Δ\Delta. Set

θ′=θ12+θ13+θ14+θ23+θ24+θ346,\theta'=\frac{\theta_{12}+\theta_{13}+\theta_{14}+\theta_{23}+\theta_{24}+\theta_{34}}{6},

and let Δ′∈T\Delta'\in{\mathcal{T}} be the regular tetrahedron whose six dihedral angles all equal θ′\theta'. Dihedral-angle averaging conjecture. Then Δ′∈Tℓ\Delta'\in{\mathcal{T}}_{\ell}. Equivalently, if every edge length of Δ\Delta is at least ℓ\ell, the regular tetrahedron obtained by assigning the average dihedral angle of Δ\Delta to every edge has edge length at least ℓ\ell. This conjecture would imply the maximal-volume conjecture above; it is presented as open in the source.

References

Primary source

Roberto Frigerio and Marco Moraschini, “On volumes of hyperideal tetrahedra with constrained edge lengths”, arXiv:1801.05326 (2019).

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