Paper by Erik D. Demaine

Reference:

Erik D. Demaine, David Eppstein, Jeff Erickson, George W. Hart, and Joseph O'Rourke, “Vertex-Unfoldings of Simplicial Polyhedra”, Technical Report 071, Smith College, July 2001.

Abstract:

We present two algorithms for unfolding the surface of any polyhedron, all of whose faces are triangles, to a nonoverlapping, connected planar layout. The surface is cut only along polyhedron edges. The layout is connected, but it may have a disconnected interior: the triangles are connected at vertices, but not necessarily joined along edges.

Comments:

This paper is also available as arXiv:cs.CG/0107023 of the Computing Research Repository (CoRR).

Length:

The paper is 10 pages.

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