Generalized Andreev conjecture for trivalent hyperbolic polyhedra

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Let PP be an abstract trivalent polyhedron with more than five faces, and let Θ:E→(0,π)\Theta:\mathcal{E}\to(0,\pi) be a dihedral-angle function. A Whitehead pair is a pair of edges of PP belonging to a common face and having four distinct endpoints. A prismatic kk-circuit is a curve in the dual complex intersecting kk edges of PP and forming the usual prismatic circuit. Assume the following conditions hold:

  • If Γ\Gamma is the boundary of the union of two adjacent triangles of P∗P^* and intersects edges e1,e2,e3,e4e_1,e_2,e_3,e_4, with e1,e2e_1,e_2 and e3,e4e_3,e_4 both Whitehead pairs, then either Θ(e1)+Θ(e2)≤π\Theta(e_1)+\Theta(e_2)\leq\pi or Θ(e3)+Θ(e4)≤π\Theta(e_3)+\Theta(e_4)\leq\pi.
  • Whenever distinct edges e1,e2,e3e_1,e_2,e_3 meet at a vertex,
∑μ=13Θ(eμ)>π,\sum_{\mu=1}^3\Theta(e_\mu)>\pi,

and

Θ(e1)+Θ(e2)<Θ(e3)+π,Θ(e2)+Θ(e3)<Θ(e1)+π,Θ(e3)+Θ(e1)<Θ(e2)+π.\Theta(e_1)+\Theta(e_2)<\Theta(e_3)+\pi,\qquad \Theta(e_2)+\Theta(e_3)<\Theta(e_1)+\pi,\qquad \Theta(e_3)+\Theta(e_1)<\Theta(e_2)+\pi.
  • For every prismatic kk-circuit Γ\Gamma intersecting edges e1,…,eke_1,\ldots,e_k,
∑μ=1kΘ(eμ)<(k−2)π.\sum_{\mu=1}^k\Theta(e_\mu)<(k-2)\pi.

Generalized Andreev conjecture. There exists a compact convex hyperbolic polyhedron QQ combinatorially equivalent to PP whose dihedral angles are given by Θ\Theta, and QQ is unique up to isometries of H3\mathbb H^3. The conjecture would extend Andreev's characterization of compact convex hyperbolic polyhedra to this class of trivalent polyhedra, with the Whitehead-pair condition addressing the additional combinatorial obstruction. The supplied text does not state whether the conjecture has been resolved.

References

Primary source

Ze Zhou, “Generalizing Andreev's Theorem via circle patterns”, arXiv:2308.14386 (2023).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2020–2023). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2010.13076.

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