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Abstract

Let P be a (non-necessarily convex) embedded polyhedron in R3, with its vertices on the boundary of an ellipsoid. Suppose that the interior of PP can be decomposed into convex polytopes without adding any vertex. Then P is infinitesimally rigid. More generally, let P be a polyhedron bounding a domain which is the union of polytopes C1, . . ., Cn with disjoint interiors, whose vertices are the vertices of P. Suppose that there exists an ellipsoid which contains no vertex of P but intersects all the edges of the Ci. Then P is infinitesimally rigid. The proof is based on some geometric properties of hyperideal hyperbolic polyhedra.

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