Generic single-flex conjecture for twinned polyhedra

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Let PP be a triangulated polyhedron with distinguished vertices A,B,A′,B′A,B,A',B' satisfying

AB=A′B′,AB′=BA′.AB=A'B',\qquad AB'=BA'.

Form the twinned polyhedron TT of PP around the equator ABA′B′ABA'B', as in the construction described in the paper. Generic single-flex conjecture. For almost all such triangulated polyhedra PP, the twinned polyhedron TT has a single flex. The preceding theorem proves the analogous conclusion when the edges of PP form an isostatic framework; the conjecture asserts that the imposed equalities do not affect the generic case.

References

Primary source

Elvar Atlason and Simon Guest, “Constructing flexible polyhedra by twinning”, arXiv:2510.05280 (2025).

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