Let P be a (non-necessarily convex) embedded polyhedron in R
3,
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 C
1, . . ., C
n 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 C
i. Then P is infinitesimally rigid.
The proof is based on some geometric properties of hyperideal hyperbolic
polyhedra.