Unfolding Genus-2 Orthogonal Polyhedra with Linear Refinement
Abstract: We show that every orthogonal polyhedron of genus g ≤ 2 can be unfolded without overlap while using only a linear number of orthogonal cuts (parallel to the polyhedron edges). This is the first result on unfolding general orthogonal polyhedra beyond genus-0. Our unfolding algorithm relies...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Japan
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113655 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3803-5703 |
| Summary: | Abstract: We show that every orthogonal polyhedron of genus g ≤ 2 can be unfolded without overlap while using only a linear number of orthogonal cuts (parallel to the polyhedron edges). This is the first result on unfolding general orthogonal polyhedra beyond genus-0. Our unfolding algorithm relies on the existence of at most 2 special leaves in what we call the “unfolding tree” (which ties back to the genus), so unfolding polyhedra of genus 3 and beyond requires new techniques. |
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