Symmetric-orbit convex-hull conjecture for truncated tetrahedra

Let T{\mathcal{T}} be the space of marked truncated tetrahedra, let Θ:TO\Theta:{\mathcal{T}}\to{\mathcal{O}} record their dihedral angles, and let the symmetric group S4\mathfrak{S}_4 act by permuting the four removed vertices. For σS4\sigma\in\mathfrak{S}_4, write σΔ\sigma\cdot\Delta for the corresponding symmetric image. Let R\ell\in\mathbb{R} and let ΔT\Delta\in{\mathcal{T}}_\ell be non-regular. Define OΔO{\mathcal{O}}_\Delta\subseteq{\mathcal{O}} as the convex hull of

{Θ(σΔ):σS4}.\{\Theta(\sigma\cdot\Delta):\sigma\in\mathfrak{S}_4\}.

Symmetric-orbit convex-hull conjecture. The intersection

(OΔ{Θ(σΔ):σS4})Θ(T)\left({\mathcal{O}}_\Delta\setminus\{\Theta(\sigma\cdot\Delta):\sigma\in\mathfrak{S}_4\}\right)\cap\Theta({\mathcal{T}}_\ell)

is non-empty. Thus the convex hull, with respect to dihedral angles, of the symmetric images of any non-regular Δ\Delta contains another point of T{\mathcal{T}}_\ell besides its orbit points. The source presents this as a related open conjecture, motivated by symmetry and convexity methods for proving the regular tetrahedron's volume-maximizing property.

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Primary source

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

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