Higher-dimensional parallelogram decomposition conjecture for centrally symmetric polyhedral surfaces

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Let δ1,δ2,,δN\delta_1,\delta_2,\dots,\delta_N be NN positive numbers that sum up to 2π2\pi. Let M2N(δ1,δ2,,δN)\overline{\mathcal{M}_{2N}}(\delta_1,\delta_2,\dots,\delta_N) denote the metric completion of the moduli space of centrally symmetric convex polyhedral surfaces with 2N2N vertices and the prescribed cone-deficits, equipped with its antipodal map.

Higher-dimensional parallelogram decomposition conjecture. Every surface in

M2N(δ1,δ2,,δN)\overline{\mathcal{M}_{2N}}(\delta_1,\delta_2,\dots,\delta_N)

can be decomposed into at most

2(2N22)2\binom{2N-2}{2}

parallelograms, and the decomposition is invariant under the antipodal map.

This conjecture generalizes the proved case represented by Theorem 5, where N=5N=5 and the bound is 2(82)=562\binom{8}{2}=56. The source presents the extension to higher dimensions as an open direction for future work.

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Primary source

Zili Wang and Cong Wu, “Decomposing Centrally Symmetric Convex Polyhedral Surfaces into Parallelograms”, arXiv:2603.21199 (2026).

Additional references

17 papers in this index state this conjecture (2010–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2505.06590, arXiv:2504.07746, arXiv:2410.22611, arXiv:2305.18990, arXiv:2304.04693, arXiv:2209.07594, arXiv:1711.01562, arXiv:1710.07815, arXiv:1606.03342, arXiv:1601.03870, arXiv:1408.1927, arXiv:1307.3735, and 4 more.

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