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arxiv: 1412.5430 · v1 · pith:E6KI2U34new · submitted 2014-12-15 · 🧮 math.MG · math.GT

How many cages midscribe an egg?

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The Midscribability Theorem, which was first proved by O. Schramm, states that: given a strictly convex body $K\subset\mathbb{R}^{3}$ with smooth boundary and a convex polyhedron $P$, there exists a polyhedron $Q \subset \mathbb{RP}^3$ combinatorially equivalent to $P$ which midscribes $K$. Here the word "midscribe" means that all it's edges are tangent to the boundary surface of $K$. By using of the intersection number technique, together with the Teichm\"{u}ller theory of packings, this paper provides an alternative approach to this theorem. Furthermore, combining Schramm's method with the above ones, the authors prove a rigidity result concerning this theorem as well. Namely, such a polyhedron is unique under certain normalization conditions.

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