Stoker-type conjecture for infinitesimal dihedral-angle rigidity of polytopes

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Let S(t)S(t) be a differentiable one-parameter family of oriented piecewise-linear surfaces. For each facet FF, let nFn_F be its unit normal and VFV_F its volume, and define the dihedral angle between adjacent facets FF and GG by θFG:=(nF,nG)\theta_{FG}:=\angle(n_F,n_G). Dots denote derivatives at t=0t=0. Stoker-type conjecture. If θ˙FG=0\dot\theta_{FG}=0 for all facets adjacent at t=0t=0, then

iV˙ini=iVin˙i=0.\sum_i \dot V_i n_i=\sum_i V_i\dot n_i=0.

This is the explicit conjectural formulation of the stress-flex reformulation and is equivalent to the preceding statement in the source. The surrounding article resolves the weak stress-flex version for polytopes, while the broader Stoker-type formulation is the claim identified here.

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Eleni Pachyli, Roman Prosanov and Martin Winter, “Second-order rigidity of coned polytope frameworks and the stress-flex conjecture from a vector-valued Schläfli formula”, arXiv:2607.14878 (2026).

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